

The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945 · Movie · 1h 18m · NR
ComedyFantasyMusic
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
64%
Metacritic
60/100
Key crew
- James V. KernScreenplay
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
- Sam HellmanScreenplay
- Raoul WalshDirector
Cast
- Jack BennyAthanael
- Alexis SmithElizabeth
- Dolores MoranViolinist / Fran Blackstone
- Allyn JoslynSecond Trumpeter / Osidro
- Reginald GardinerComposer / Archie Dexter
- Guy KibbeeRadio Director / The Chief
- John AlexanderFirst Trumpeter / Doremus
- Franklin PangbornRadio Engineer / Sloan
- Margaret DumontMme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder
- Robert BlakeJunior Pulplinsky
- Ethel GriffiesLady Stover
- Paul HarveyHotel Manager Thompson
Stills
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Themes
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