Black Coffee
1931•1h 18m•8.0•Released
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Black Coffee is a 1931 British detective film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. Based on the 1930 play Black Coffee by Agatha Christie featuring her famous private detective Hercule Poirot, it stars Austin Trevor as Poirot with Richard Cooper playing his companion Captain Hastings. A famous but hated scientist, Sir Amory, is killed during a house party, and some of his valuable papers are missing. Poirot rapidly determines the cause of death and the motive, then narrows down the suspects to the most likely culprit.
Director
Leslie S. Hiscott
Writer
Brock Williams, H. Fowler Mear
Languages
English
Studio
Les Établissements Jacques Haïk
Cast
Austin Trevor
Hercule Poirot
Adrianne Allen
Lucia Amory
Richard Cooper
Capt. Hastings
Elizabeth Allan
Barbara Amory
C. V. France
Sir Claude Amory
Philip Strange
Richard Amory
Dino Galvani
Dr. Carelli
Michael Shepley
Raynor
Melville Cooper
Insp. Japp
Marie Wright
Miss Amory
Leila Page
(uncredited)
Production
Company
Les Établissements Jacques Haïk
Company
Julius Hagen Productions
Producer
Julius Hagen
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