The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
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:
Raoul Walsh
Writers:
James V. Kern, Sam Hellman.
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Jack Benny as Athanael |
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Alexis Smith as Elizabeth |
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Dolores Moran as Violinist / Fran Blackstone |
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Allyn Joslyn as Second Trumpeter / Osidro |
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Reginald Gardiner as Composer / Archie Dexter |
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Guy Kibbee as Radio Director / The Chief |
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John Alexander as First Trumpeter / Doremus |
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Franklin Pangborn as Radio Engineer / Sloan |
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Margaret Dumont as Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder |
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Robert Blake as Junior Pulplinsky |
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Ethel Griffies as Lady Stover |
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Paul Harvey as Hotel Manager Thompson |
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Mike Mazurki as Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty |
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Truman Bradley as Radio Announcer |
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Murray Alper as Hotel Bell Captain (uncredited) |
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Whit Bissell as Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited) |
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Oliver Blake as Photographer in Heaven (uncredited) |
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Monte Blue as The Chef (uncredited) |
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John Brown as Lou the waiter (uncredited) |
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James Burke as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Sidney Miller as Trumpet player (uncredited) |
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Francis Pierlot as Personnel Manager in Heaven (uncredited) |
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Larry Rio as Slippy Tompkins (uncredited) |
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Harry Rosenthal as Sherman Starr (uncredited) |
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Anabel Shaw as Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
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Buddy Swan as Kid (uncredited) |
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Betty Alexander as Angel (uncredited) |
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Virginia Patton as Party Girl (uncredited) |
| Writing | James V. Kern | Screenplay |
| Writing | Aubrey Wisberg | Story |
| Production | Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Sidney Hickox | Director of Photography |
| Production | Mark Hellinger | Producer |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Sam Hellman | Screenplay |
| Editing | Irene Morra | Editor |
| Directing | Raoul Walsh | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Perc Westmore | Makeup Designer |
| Visual Effects | Paul Detlefsen | Matte Painter |
