The Corpse Breaks a Date
1944 film
- 7 December 1944 (1944-12-07)
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The Corpse Breaks a Date (Spanish: El muerto falta a la cita) is a 1944 Argentine thriller film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Ángel Magaña, Nélida Bilbao and Sebastián Chiola.[1] [2] 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.
Cast
- Ángel Magaña as Daniel Rivero
- Nélida Bilbao as Elena
- Sebastián Chiola as Guido Franchi
- Guillermo Battaglia as Doctor Emilio Quiroga
- Maruja Gil Quesada as Matilde
- Oscar Villa as Gordo
- Tilda Thamar as Nora
- Roberto García Ramos as Raúl Estévez
- Alberto Terrones as Comisario
- René Múgica as Agente
References
Bibliography
- Maranghello, César. Breve historia del cine argentino. Laertes, 2005.
- Plazaola, Luis Trelles. South American Cinema: Dictionary of Film Makers. La Editorial, UPR, 1989.
External links
- The Corpse Breaks a Date at IMDb
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Films directed by Pierre Chenal
- Street Without a Name (1934)
- The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1936)
- The Former Mattia Pascal (1937)
- The Man from Nowhere (1937)
- The Alibi (1937)
- The Lafarge Case (1938)
- The Last Turning (1939)
- Todo un hombre (1943)
- The Corpse Breaks a Date (1944)
- The Abyss Opens (1945)
- Viaje sin regreso (1946)
- Devil and the Angel (1946)
- Clochemerle (1948)
- Native Son (1951)
- The Idol (1952)
- Confession at Dawn (1954)
- The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960)
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