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The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)

Average Score: 5.8 (rated by 19 viewers)

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy, Fantasy, Music

Additional info

CastReview
  • Jack Benny

    Athanael

  • Alexis Smith

    Elizabeth

  • Dolores Moran

    Violinist / Fran Blackstone

  • Allyn Joslyn

    Second Trumpeter / Osidro

  • Reginald Gardiner

    Composer / Archie Dexter

  • Guy Kibbee

    Radio Director / The Chief

  • John Alexander

    First Trumpeter / Doremus

  • Franklin Pangborn

    Radio Engineer / Sloan

  • Margaret Dumont

    Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

  • Robert Blake

    Junior Pulplinsky

  • Ethel Griffies

    Lady Stover

  • Paul Harvey

    Hotel Manager Thompson

  • Mike Mazurki

    Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty

  • Truman Bradley

    Radio Announcer

  • Murray Alper

    Hotel Bell Captain (uncredited)

  • Whit Bissell

    Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)

  • Oliver Blake

    Photographer in Heaven (uncredited)

  • Monte Blue

    The Chef (uncredited)

  • John Brown

    Lou the waiter (uncredited)

  • James Burke

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Sidney Miller

    Trumpet player (uncredited)

  • Francis Pierlot

    Personnel Manager in Heaven (uncredited)

  • Larry Rio

    Slippy Tompkins (uncredited)

  • Harry Rosenthal

    Sherman Starr (uncredited)

  • Anabel Shaw

    Telephone Operator (uncredited)

  • Buddy Swan

    Kid (uncredited)

  • Betty Alexander

    Angel (uncredited)

  • Virginia Patton

    Party Girl (uncredited)