The Corpse Breaks a Date

{{short description|1944 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Corpse Breaks a Date

| image = File:The Corpse Breaks a Date.jpg

| caption =

| director = Pierre Chenal

| producer = Edmo Cominetti

| writer = Pierre Chenal
Miguel Mileo
Carlos A. Olivari
Sixto Pondal Ríos

| narrator =

| starring = Ángel Magaña
Nélida Bilbao
Sebastián Chiola

| music = Lucio Demare

| cinematography = Francis Boeniger

| editing = Carlos Rinaldi

| studio = Associated Argentine Artists
Estudios Baires

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1944|12|07|df=y}}

| runtime = 80 minutes

| country = Argentina

| language = Spanish

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Corpse Breaks a Date (Spanish: El muerto falta a la cita) is a 1944 Argentine thriller film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Ángel Magaña, Nélida Bilbao and Sebastián Chiola.Plazaola p.55 Maranghello p.111 Future star Tilda Thamar appears in a supporting role. It was made in Buenos Aires and shot on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raúl Soldi.