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Film · 1931
Black Coffee
1h 18mDirected by Leslie S. Hiscott
- 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.
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Cast
Austin TrevorHercule Poirot
Adrianne AllenLucia Amory
Richard CooperCapt. Hastings
Elizabeth AllanBarbara Amory
C. V. FranceSir Claude Amory
Philip StrangeRichard Amory
Dino GalvaniDr. Carelli
Michael ShepleyRaynor
Melville CooperInsp. Japp- Marie WrightMiss Amory
- Leila Page(uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Leslie S. Hiscott
- Writer
- Brock Williams, H. Fowler Mear
- Novel
- Agatha Christie
- Cinematography
- Sydney Blythe
- Producer
- Julius Hagen
- Release
- August 24, 1931
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Les Établissements Jacques Haïk, Julius Hagen Productions
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