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.

Cast

Jack Benny

Played Athanael
Alexis Smith

Played Elizabeth
Dolores Moran

Played Violinist / Fran Bla…
Allyn Joslyn

Played Second Trumpeter / O…
Reginald Gardiner

Played Composer / Archie De…
Guy Kibbee

Played Radio Director / The…
John Alexander

Played First Trumpeter / Do…
Franklin Pangborn

Played Radio Engineer / Slo…
Margaret Dumont

Played Mme. Traviata / Miss…
Robert Blake

Played Junior Pulplinsky
Ethel Griffies

Played Lady Stover
Paul Harvey

Played Hotel Manager Thomps…
Mike Mazurki

Played Bass Player / Humphr…
Truman Bradley

Played Radio Announcer
Murray Alper

Played Hotel Bell Captain (…
Whit Bissell

Played Heavenly Piccolo Pla…
Oliver Blake

Played Photographer in Heav…
Monte Blue

Played The Chef (uncredited…
John Brown

Played Lou the waiter (uncr…
James Burke

Played Policeman (uncredite…
Sidney Miller

Played Trumpet player (uncr…
Francis Pierlot

Played Personnel Manager in…
Larry Rio

Played Slippy Tompkins (unc…
Harry Rosenthal

Played Sherman Starr (uncre…
Anabel Shaw

Played Telephone Operator (…
Buddy Swan

Played Kid (uncredited)
Betty Alexander

Played Angel (uncredited)
Virginia Patton

Played Party Girl (uncredit…

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