Black Coffee

Black Coffee

1931
1h 18m
6.0

6.0/10

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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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Les Établissements Jacques Haïk Julius Hagen Productions
Production Countries
France United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date August 24, 1931
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0021669

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
Marie Wright

Miss Amory

Leila Page
Leila Page

(uncredited)

Key Crew

Leslie S. Hiscott
Director
Brock Williams
Screenplay
Julius Hagen
Producer
H. Fowler Mear
Screenplay