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6.8/10   427 votes
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Director:
Raoul Walsh
Writers:
Sam Hellman (writer)
James V. Kern (writer)
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Release Date:
28 April 1945 (USA) more
Genre:
Fantasy | Comedy more
Plot:
Falling asleep during the Paradise Coffee ("The Coffee that Makes You Sleep") Program, the band's third trumpeter dreams he's Athanael... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Almost Apocalypse more
US TV Schedule:
Sun. July 269:00 AMTCM   

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Jack Benny ... Athanael

Alexis Smith ... Elizabeth
Dolores Moran ... Violinist / Fran Blackstone
Allyn Joslyn ... Second Trumpeter / Osidro
Reginald Gardiner ... Composer / Archie Dexter
Guy Kibbee ... Radio Director / The Chief
John Alexander ... First trumpeter / Doremus
Franklin Pangborn ... Radio Engineer / Sloan
Margaret Dumont ... Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

Robert Blake ... Junior Pulplinsky (as Bobby Blake)
Ethel Griffies ... Lady Stover
Paul Harvey ... Hotel Manager Thompson
Mike Mazurki ... Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty
Truman Bradley ... Radio Announcer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
78 min | 80 min (original cut)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Unrated

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In 1949 Jack Benny reprised his role as Athanael on radio for The Ford Theater's production of THBAM. Claude Rains also appeared in the program. more
Quotes:
Athanael: Hey... I'm getting wet! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Projectionist (1971) more
Soundtrack:
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Almost Apocalypse, 9 February 2001
7/10
Author: Mike-764 (michaelnella@yahoo.com) from Flushing, NY

Athaniel is an angel sent down to Earth to play the first four notes of the death march at midnight ( or something similar ) which will start the destruction of the world. He doesn't play the notes because he is saving a girl from committing suicide. However the head angel gives him one more chance, but the next day he loses his horn, is abducted by gangsters in the pay of two fallen angels, and has to recover his horn from a bunch of schoolboys. Decent comedy, which Jack Benny really made fun of throughout the rest of his radio and throughout his TV show. Its really just stays as a screwball comedy, which I don't think the cast and script were well suited for. Notice Margaret Dumont as the soprano in the film. Rating 7 out of 10.

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