Serenade to the Executioner (French: Sérénade au bourreau) is a 1951 French crime drama film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Paul Meurisse, Tilda Thamar and Antonin Berval.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart.

Criminal William A. Schomberg masquerades as a physician running a nursing home.

He becomes obsessed with the idea that one of his patients Didier is having an affair with his attractive wife Irène.

With Inspector Fourasse on his tail Schomberg closes the home and disappears.