Directed by:
Raoul WalshCinematography:
Sidney HickoxComposer:
Franz WaxmanCast:
Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Allyn Joslyn, Reginald Gardiner, Guy Kibbee, John Alexander, Franklin Pangborn, Margaret Dumont, Robert Blake, Ethel Griffies (more)Plots(1)
Since persecution and hatred have soared out of control, Heaven's "front office" sends Athanael (Benny), a trumpet player in Heaven's orchestra, to Earth to play the first four notes of the "Judgment Day Overture." The notes must be played precisely at midnight from a hotel rooftop to initiate Earth's annihilation, but things become hilariously botched when Athanael is faced with the temptation of money and parties, saving a woman from suicide and having to protect his trumpet from "falling angels," gangsters and a group of young roughnecks, all intent on thwarting his mission. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Soundtracks
The Bride of Frankenstein / Botany Bay / Taras Bulba / Mr. Roberts / The Horn Blows at Midnight / The Paradine Case
New Recording from the Films
Label: Varèse Sarabande
Year: 1986
Country: USA
Format: LP
Length: 47:42
| 1. | SIDE A: THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT: "Athaneal The Trumpeter," Ouverture For Trumpet And Orchestra | Franz Waxman | 06:45 |
| 2. | MR. ROBERTS: Prelude / Main Title / Final Scene / End Cast | Franz Waxman | 03:20 |
| 3. | THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN: Dance Macabre | Franz Waxman | 06:57 |
| 4. | TARAS BULBA: Cossack Brotherhood / The Wishing Star / Cossack Anthem / Zaparoshtchi (The Two Sons Of Taras) / Ay, Lulee, Lulee (Russian Lullaby) / The Whishing Star (Reprise) / The Ride To Dubno | Franz Waxman | 08:45 |
| 5. | SIDE B: BOTANY BAY: Prelude And Forever / Montage / New Escape Plot / Love And Victory | Franz Waxman | 09:35 |
| 6. | THE PARADINE CASE: Fantasy For Piano And Orchestra | Franz Waxman | 12:20 |