Black Coffee poster
Basic Info
Release: August 24, 1931
Rating: ⭐ 6.0/10 (1 votes)

Black Coffee

1931 ⭐ 6.0/10 1 votes
Overview

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.

Genres
Crime Thriller Mystery
Production Countries
  • France
  • United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
  • English en

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Cast
Austin Trevor
Austin Trevor
Hercule Poirot
Adrianne Allen
Adrianne Allen
Lucia Amory
Richard Cooper
Richard Cooper
Capt. Hastings
Elizabeth Allan
Elizabeth Allan
Barbara Amory
C. V. France
C. V. France
Sir Claude Amory
Philip Strange
Philip Strange
Richard Amory
Dino Galvani
Dino Galvani
Dr. Carelli
Michael Shepley
Michael Shepley
Raynor
Melville Cooper
Melville Cooper
Insp. Japp
Marie Wright
Miss Amory
Leila Page
(uncredited)
Crew
Leslie S. Hiscott
Leslie S. Hiscott
Director
H. Fowler Mear
Screenplay
Brock Williams
Screenplay
Julius Hagen
Producer
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