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

as Athanael

Alexis Smith

as Elizabeth

Dolores Moran

as Violinist / Fran Blackstone

Allyn Joslyn

as Second Trumpeter / Osidro

Reginald Gardiner

as Composer / Archie Dexter

Guy Kibbee

as Radio Director / The Chief

John Alexander

as First Trumpeter / Doremus

Franklin Pangborn

as Radio Engineer / Sloan

Margaret Dumont

as Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

Robert Blake

as Junior Pulplinsky

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