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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.
Theatrical
Apr 28, 1945
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Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
Full credits →J
Jack Benny
Athanael
A
Alexis Smith
Elizabeth
D
Dolores Moran
Violinist / Fran Blackstone
A
Allyn Joslyn
Second Trumpeter / Osidro
R
Reginald Gardiner
Composer / Archie Dexter
G
Guy Kibbee
Radio Director / The Chief
J
John Alexander
First Trumpeter / Doremus
F
Franklin Pangborn
Radio Engineer / Sloan
M
Margaret Dumont
Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder
R
Robert Blake
Junior Pulplinsky
E
Ethel Griffies
Lady Stover
P
Paul Harvey
Hotel Manager Thompson
M
Mike Mazurki
Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty
T
Truman Bradley
Radio Announcer
M
Murray Alper
Hotel Bell Captain (uncredited)
W
Whit Bissell
Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)
O
Oliver Blake
Photographer in Heaven (uncredited)
M
Monte Blue
The Chef (uncredited)
J
John Brown
Lou the waiter (uncredited)
J
James Burke
Policeman (uncredited)
