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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.

1945 |1h 18m |  Comedy, Fantasy, Music

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Cast

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Jack Benny

Athanael

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Alexis Smith

Elizabeth

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Dolores Moran

Violinist / Fran Blackstone

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Allyn Joslyn

Second Trumpeter / Osidro

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Reginald Gardiner

Composer / Archie Dexter

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Guy Kibbee

Radio Director / The Chief

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John Alexander

First Trumpeter / Doremus

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Franklin Pangborn

Radio Engineer / Sloan

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Margaret Dumont

Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

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Robert Blake

Junior Pulplinsky

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Ethel Griffies

Lady Stover

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Paul Harvey

Hotel Manager Thompson

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Mike Mazurki

Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty

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Truman Bradley

Radio Announcer

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Murray Alper

Hotel Bell Captain (uncredited)

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Whit Bissell

Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)

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Oliver Blake

Photographer in Heaven (uncredited)

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Monte Blue

The Chef (uncredited)

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John Brown

Lou the waiter (uncredited)

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James Burke

Policeman (uncredited)

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Sidney Miller

Trumpet player (uncredited)

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Francis Pierlot

Personnel Manager in Heaven (uncredited)

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Anabel Shaw

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

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Betty Alexander

Angel (uncredited)

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Virginia Patton

Party Girl (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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