The read
Every source lands within 6 points of the others. It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
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
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes64%
Metacritic60/100
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Raoul WalshDirector
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
- Sam HellmanScreenplay
- James V. KernScreenplay
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
Themes
angeltrumpetfallen angeltrumpet player