The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945 · 78 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 1,572 VOTES · DIR. Raoul Walsh
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,729 lines
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00:00:50 MENT GROUP AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
00:04:52 BECAUSE PARADISE COFFEE MAKES YOU SLEEP.
00:09:52 NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE FORMING A NEW BUREAU
00:12:20 OF THE JUDGMENT DAY OVERTURE ON THIS HORN.
00:15:02 SHUCKS!
00:18:30 THE SUN RISES AND SETS BY THAT CLOCK.
00:21:17 I WOULDN'T KNOW, SIR. THEY CALL IT DANCING.
00:24:44 I'M NOT INTERESTED IN--MUSIC?
00:27:52 AAH!
00:31:04 MY POOR ATHANAEL, MY POOR LITTLE NINCOMPOOP.
00:33:47 THAT I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT?
00:38:04 DID YOU SAY SOMETHING, BUD?
00:41:16 BYE-BYE, CHIEF. YOU'RE A DARLING.
00:44:29 YES. WE'RE SITTING RIGHT ON TOP OF THE--
00:47:36 I KNOW, AND THEY WON'T LET YOU THROUGH AGAIN, EITHER
00:50:05 REALLY? WHAT STOPPED YOU?
00:52:51 THE ROCKET GUN!
00:56:04 [BOYS SHOUTING]
00:59:56 COULD POSSIBLY DO JUSTICE--
01:02:24 OH, I'M SORRY. IF ONLY I HAD HAVE KNEW.
01:05:47 C COMING, ATHANAEL?H
01:08:20 Elizabeth: ATHANAEL!
01:11:11 DON'T LET HIM BLOW THAT HORN!
01:14:39 [CRACKING]
Cast & Characters
Jack Benny
Athanael
Alexis Smith
Elizabeth
Dolores Moran
Violinist
Dolores Moran
Fran Blackstone
Allyn Joslyn
Second Trumpeter
Allyn Joslyn
Osidro
Reginald Gardiner
Composer
Reginald Gardiner
Archibald 'Archie' Dexter
Guy Kibbee
Radio Director
Guy Kibbee
The Chief
John Alexander
First Trumpeter
John Alexander
Doremus
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,729
Dialogue density22.2 lines / min
First line00:00:50
Final line01:14:39
Production Record
DirectorRaoul Walsh
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,572