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The Horn Blows at Midnight

Release Year
1945
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Comedy
Fantasy
Music
Directed By
Raoul Walsh
The Horn Blows at Midnight

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 & Crew

Cast

Jack Benny

Athanael

Alexis Smith

Elizabeth

Dolores Moran

Violinist / Fran Blackstone

Allyn Joslyn

Second Trumpeter / Osidro

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

Truman Bradley

Radio Announcer

Crew

Raoul Walsh

Director

Sam Hellman

Screenplay

James V. Kern

Screenplay

Sidney Hickox

Director of Photography

Irene Morra

Editor

Mark Hellinger

Producer

Aubrey Wisberg

Story

Paul Detlefsen

Matte Painter

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