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The Horn Blows at Midnight

The Horn Blows at Midnight

The curfew blows at midnight but the laughs go on forever!!!

A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.

ComedyFantasyMusic

Release: 1945-04-28Runtime: 78 minRating: 5.7 (20)

Cast

Jack Benny

Jack Benny

Athanael

Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith

Elizabeth

Dolores Moran

Dolores Moran

Violinist / Fran Blackstone

Allyn Joslyn

Allyn Joslyn

Second Trumpeter / Osidro

Reginald Gardiner

Reginald Gardiner

Composer / Archie Dexter

Guy Kibbee

Guy Kibbee

Radio Director / The Chief

John Alexander

John Alexander

First Trumpeter / Doremus

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn

Radio Engineer / Sloan

Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont

Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

Robert Blake

Robert Blake

Junior Pulplinsky

Crew

Jack L. Warner

Jack L. Warner

Executive Producer

Irene Morra

Editor

Mark Hellinger

Producer

Sidney Hickox

Director of Photography

Aubrey Wisberg

Story

Raoul Walsh

Raoul Walsh

Director

Franz Waxman

Franz Waxman

Original Music Composer

Sam Hellman

Screenplay

James V. Kern

James V. Kern

Screenplay

Perc Westmore

Makeup Designer