The Horn Blows at Midnight
The curfew blows at midnight but the laughs go on forever!!!
1945 | 78m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Raoul Walsh |
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| Writer: | Sam Hellman, James V. Kern, Aubrey Wisberg |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 28, 1945 |
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| Director: | Raoul Walsh |
| Writer: | Sam Hellman, James V. Kern, Aubrey Wisberg |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | angel, trumpet, fallen angel, trumpet player |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jack Benny | Athanael |
| Alexis Smith | Elizabeth |
| Dolores Moran | Violinist / Fran Blackstone |
| Allyn Joslyn | Second Trumpeter / Osidro |
| Reginald Gardiner | Composer / Archie Dexter |
| Guy Kibbee | Radio Director / The Chief |
| John Alexander | First Trumpeter / Doremus |
| Franklin Pangborn | Radio Engineer / Sloan |
| Margaret Dumont | Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder |
| Robert Blake | Junior Pulplinsky |
| Ethel Griffies | Lady Stover |
| Paul Harvey | Hotel Manager Thompson |
| Mike Mazurki | Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty |
| Truman Bradley | Radio Announcer |
| Murray Alper | Hotel Bell Captain (uncredited) |
| Whit Bissell | Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited) |
| Oliver Blake | Photographer in Heaven (uncredited) |
| Monte Blue | The Chef (uncredited) |
| John Brown | Lou the waiter (uncredited) |
| James Burke | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Sidney Miller | Trumpet player (uncredited) |
| Francis Pierlot | Personnel Manager in Heaven (uncredited) |
| Larry Rio | Slippy Tompkins (uncredited) |
| Harry Rosenthal | Sherman Starr (uncredited) |
| Anabel Shaw | Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
| Buddy Swan | Kid (uncredited) |
| Betty Alexander | Angel (uncredited) |
| Virginia Patton | Party Girl (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sidney Hickox | Director of Photography |
| Sam Hellman | Screenplay |
| Irene Morra | Editor |
| James V. Kern | Screenplay |
| Aubrey Wisberg | Story |
| Paul Detlefsen | Matte Painter |
| Perc Westmore | Makeup Designer |
| Raoul Walsh | Director |
| Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
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| Mark Hellinger | Producer |
| Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
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