The Horn Blows at Midnight

Raoul Walsh
1945-04-28

The curfew blows at midnight but the laughs go on forever!!!
5.8
78 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Jack Benny Athanael Unowned
Alexis Smith Elizabeth Unowned
Dolores Moran Violinist / Fran Blackstone Unowned
Allyn Joslyn Second Trumpeter / Osidro Unowned
Reginald Gardiner Composer / Archie Dexter Unowned
Guy Kibbee Radio Director / The Chief Unowned
John Alexander First Trumpeter / Doremus Unowned
Franklin Pangborn Radio Engineer / Sloan Unowned
Margaret Dumont Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder Unowned
Robert Blake Junior Pulplinsky Unowned
Ethel Griffies Lady Stover Unowned
Paul Harvey Hotel Manager Thompson Unowned
Mike Mazurki Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty Unowned
Truman Bradley Radio Announcer Unowned
Murray Alper Hotel Bell Captain (uncredited) Unowned
Whit Bissell Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited) Unowned
Oliver Blake Photographer in Heaven (uncredited) Unowned
Monte Blue The Chef (uncredited) Unowned
John Brown Lou the waiter (uncredited) Unowned
James Burke Policeman (uncredited) Unowned
Sidney Miller Trumpet player (uncredited) Unowned
Francis Pierlot Personnel Manager in Heaven (uncredited) Unowned
Larry Rio Slippy Tompkins (uncredited) Unowned
Harry Rosenthal Sherman Starr (uncredited) Unowned
Anabel Shaw Telephone Operator (uncredited) Unowned
Buddy Swan Kid (uncredited) Unowned
Betty Alexander Angel (uncredited) Unowned
Virginia Patton Party Girl (uncredited) Unowned