The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
April 28, 1945Release Date
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
April 28, 1945Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Jack Benny
Athanael
Alexis Smith
Elizabeth
Dolores Moran
Violinist
Allyn Joslyn
Second Trumpeter
Reginald Gardiner
Composer
Guy Kibbee
Radio Director
Ethel Griffies
Lady Stover
John Alexander
First Trumpeter
Paul Harvey
Hotel Manager Thompson
Mike Mazurki
Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty
Truman Bradley
Radio Announcer
Franklin Pangborn
Radio Engineer
Murray Alper
Hotel Bell Captain (uncredited)
Whit Bissell
Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)
Margaret Dumont
Mme. Traviata
Oliver Blake
Photographer in Heaven (uncredited)
Robert Blake
Junior Poplinski
Monte Blue
The Chef (uncredited)
Raoul Walsh
Director
John Brown
Lou the waiter (uncredited)
James Burke
Policeman (uncredited)
Sam Hellman
Writer
Sidney Miller
Trumpet player (uncredited)
James V. Kern
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 28, 1945
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 18m
Content RatingNR
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The Horn Blows at Midnight is a 1945 comedy fantasy film directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Jack Benny.
Following its poor box-office, Benny often exploited the film's failure for laughs over the next 20 years in his radio and television comedy series The Jack Benny Program, making the film a known entity to his audience, even if they had never seen it. The Horn Blows at Midnight was Benny's last feature film as a lead, although he would continue to do cameo appearances in films for many years.
The Horn Blows At Midnight had the misfortune to be released only eight days after the death of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This may have contributed to its poor reception, although the film's negative reviews might have also impacted it, as the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel, also dealing with the afterlife, opened on Broadway at roughly the same time and became a hit.