
The Horn Blows at Midnight
The curfew blows at midnight but the laughs go on forever!!!
A whimsical fantasy-comedy built on the absurd premise of an ordinary musician tasked with ending the world, played for laughs and warmth rather than cosmic dread.
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.
Essence
Ensemble

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
Closest match
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same mood
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Go darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

































