The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)

04/28/1945 (US) • 1h 18m

Comedy, Fantasy, Music

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

angel

trumpet

fallen angel

trumpet player

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