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  • 1945
  • Approved
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 1945
  • Approved
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 18 m
The Horn Blows at Midnight

Summary Falling asleep during the Paradise Coffee ("The Coffee that Makes You Sleep") Program, the band's third trumpeter dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth. But Osidro and Doremus, two fallen angels enjoying the physical pleasures of an earthly existence, try to steal Athanael's trumpe...

Directed By: Raoul Walsh

Written By: Sam Hellman, James V. Kern, Aubrey Wisberg

  • 1945
  • Approved
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 1945
  • Approved
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 18 m

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Falling asleep during the Paradise Coffee ("The Coffee that Makes You Sleep") Program, the band's third trumpeter dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth. But Osidro and Doremus, two fallen angels enjoying the physical pleasures of an earthly existence, try to steal Athanael's trumpe...

Directed By: Raoul Walsh

Written By: Sam Hellman, James V. Kern, Aubrey Wisberg

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
60
57% Positive
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43% Mixed
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
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43% Mixed
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The Horn Blows At Midnight rarely pauses to catch its breath or give audiences time to catch up as it runs its hapless protagonist through a gauntlet of frenzied business and smart comic conceits over the course of its briskly paced 78 minutes.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
75
It's not all that funny -- but fascinating in a weird, knockabout way. [28 Aug 1998, p.O]
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
70
The film’s rapid speed and its surplus of memorable supporting players helped to make sense of the absurd story. And if Benny was not ideally suited for the Bob Hope-level of bumbling misadventures or the Harold Lloyd-worthy climax involving a drop from a hotel rooftop, he gamely pushed ahead to keep the comedy at its patently ridiculous level.
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63
It's bad, all right, but also weirdly compelling, thanks to some mind-boggling special effects work (check out the celestial chorus in the first reel) and some extremely speedy direction by Raoul Walsh, who seems to have decided that if the jokes weren't good, the least he could do was get through them fast.
By Dave Kehr FULL REVIEW
60
Although Benny used this film as a running gag on his radio show for years (claiming it had ruined his movie career), there are some comic gems here, especially in the smash finale.
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40
The script is neither satire nor good, fresh, fanciful corn. It is a batch of old-fashioned nonsense put together without distinct charm.
By Bosley Crowther FULL REVIEW
40
This one is a lightweight comedy that never seems able to make up its mind whether to be fantasy or broad slapstick. There are some good laughs but generally The Horn Blows at Midnight is not solid.
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Production Company Warner Bros.
Release Date Apr 28, 1945
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating Approved
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Tagline Benny's from Heaven and the laughs are out of this world!!!
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