The Horn Blows at Midnight
(1945)

The curfew blows at midnight but the laughs go on forever!!!

Released: 1945-04-28

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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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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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Sam Hellman

Screenplay

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Jack L. Warner

Executive Producer

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Raoul Walsh

Director

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Mark Hellinger

Producer

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Sidney Hickox

Director of Photography

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Aubrey Wisberg

Story

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Irene Morra

Editor

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Franz Waxman

Original Music Composer

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James V. Kern

Screenplay

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Paul Detlefsen

Matte Painter

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Perc Westmore

Makeup Designer

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