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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.

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as Violinist / Fran Blackstone

as Second Trumpeter / Osidro

Reginald Gardiner

Reginald Gardiner

as Composer / Archie Dexter

as Radio Director / The Chief

as First Trumpeter / Doremus

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn

as Radio Engineer / Sloan

Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont

as Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

as Junior Pulplinsky

as Hotel Manager Thompson

as Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty

as Radio Announcer

as Hotel Bell Captain (uncredited)

as Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)

as Photographer in Heaven (uncredited)

as The Chef (uncredited)

as Lou the waiter (uncredited)

as Policeman (uncredited)

as Trumpet player (uncredited)

Francis Pierlot

Francis Pierlot

as Personnel Manager in Heaven (uncredited)

as Slippy Tompkins (uncredited)

Harry Rosenthal

Harry Rosenthal

as Sherman Starr (uncredited)

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

as Kid (uncredited)

Betty Alexander

Betty Alexander

as Angel (uncredited)

Virginia Patton

Virginia Patton

as Party Girl (uncredited)

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