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Black Coffee

60 %|Aug 24, 1931|Crime, Thriller, Mystery

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.

Featured Crew

Leslie S. Hiscott
Director
Julius Hagen
Producer
Sydney Blythe
Director of Photography
Cyril Stanborough
Still Photographer
Agatha Christie
Novel
Brock Williams
Screenplay
H. Fowler Mear
Screenplay
Baynham Honri
Sound Director

Cast

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Austin Trevor
Hercule Poirot
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Adrianne Allen
Lucia Amory
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Richard Cooper
Capt. Hastings
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Elizabeth Allan
Barbara Amory
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C. V. France
Sir Claude Amory
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Philip Strange
Richard Amory
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Dino Galvani
Dr. Carelli
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Melville Cooper
Insp. Japp
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Marie Wright
Miss Amory
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Leila Page
(uncredited)