The Horn Blows at Midnight
The curfew blows at midnight but the laughs go on forever!!!
1945 · 1h 18m · APPROVED
Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
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.
Director and cast
- Raoul Walsh Director
- Jack Benny as Athanael
- Alexis Smith as Elizabeth
- Dolores Moran as Violinist / Fran Blackstone
- Allyn Joslyn as Second Trumpeter / Osidro
- Reginald Gardiner as Composer / Archie Dexter
- Guy Kibbee as Radio Director / The Chief
- John Alexander as First Trumpeter / Doremus
- Franklin Pangborn as Radio Engineer / Sloan
- Margaret Dumont as Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder
- Robert Blake as Junior Pulplinsky (as Bobby Blake)
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