The Horn Blows at Midnight

Name: The Horn Blows at Midnight
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Released: 1945-04-28
Duration: 1 h 18 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran, Allyn Joslyn, Reginald Gardiner

April 28, 1945
Directed by
Raoul Walsh

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.

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Last Updated: December 3, 2022

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

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)

Trailer

Horn Blows At Midnight, The - (Original Trailer)

Featurette

Joe Dante on THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT