Film

Black Coffee

1931 · 1h 18m · Crime · Thriller · Mystery

IMDb

6.8

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.

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)

• Leslie S. HiscottDirector
• Brock WilliamsScreenplay
• H. Fowler MearScreenplay
• Agatha ChristieNovel
• Julius HagenProducer
• Sydney BlytheDirector of Photography

Release date

August 24, 1931

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Crime, Thriller, Mystery

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