Black Coffee
Crime | Thriller
6.0
Release Date
August 24, 1931
Duration
78 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Hercule Poirot
Austin Trevor
Lucia Amory
Adrianne Allen
Capt. Hastings
Richard Cooper
Barbara Amory
Elizabeth Allan
Sir Claude Amory
C. V. France
Richard Amory
Philip Strange
Dr. Carelli
Dino Galvani
Raynor
Michael Shepley
Insp. Japp
Melville Cooper
Miss Amory
Marie Wright
(uncredited)
Leila Page
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