The Horn Blows at Midnight
“The curfew blows at midnight but the laughs go on forever!!!”
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.
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Cast
28 people
Jack Benny
Athanael
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
Alexis Smith
Elizabeth
Known for
The Age of Innocence
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Dolores Moran
Violinist / Fran Blackstone
Known for
To Have and Have Not
Silver Lode
Allyn Joslyn
Second Trumpeter / Osidro
Known for
Only Angels Have Wings
Heaven Can Wait
Reginald Gardiner
Composer / Archie Dexter
Known for
The Great Dictator
The Flying Deuces
Guy Kibbee
Radio Director / The Chief
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
42nd Street
John Alexander
First Trumpeter / Doremus
Known for
Arsenic and Old Lace
Winchester '73
Franklin Pangborn
Radio Engineer / Sloan
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
Design for Living
Margaret Dumont
Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder
Known for
Duck Soup
A Night at the Opera
Robert Blake
Junior Pulplinsky
Known for
Lost Highway
In Cold Blood
Ethel Griffies
Lady Stover
Known for
The Birds
Billy Liar
Paul Harvey
Hotel Manager Thompson
Known for
Spellbound
Calamity Jane
Raoul Walsh Director · Sam Hellman Screenplay James V. Kern Screenplay
Worldwide gross $970K · Budget $1.8M · United States release April 28, 1945
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Budget
$1,831,000
Worldwide gross
$970,000
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 20, 1945
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · April 28, 1945
Theatrical
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