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Black Coffee

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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.

Directed byLeslie S. Hiscott

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 18m
Language
EN
Released
August 24, 1931
Studios
Les Établissements Jacques HaïkJulius Hagen Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Leslie S. Hiscott
Leslie S. Hiscott
Written by
H. Fowler Mear
Brock Williams
Produced by
Julius Hagen

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