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Black Coffee
Release Date: August 24, 1931
| Year | : | 1931 |
| Slogan | : | «» |
| Genres | : | Crime, Thriller, Mystery |
| Production Companies | : | Les Établissements Jacques Haïk, Julius Hagen Productions |
| Director | : | Leslie S. Hiscott |
| Producers | : | Julius Hagen |
| Writers | : | Agatha Christie, H. Fowler Mear, Brock Williams |
| RunTime | : | 78 mins. |
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.
Main Actors
Austin Trevor
Character : Hercule Poirot
Adrianne Allen
Character : Lucia Amory
Richard Cooper
Character : Capt. Hastings
Elizabeth Allan
Character : Barbara Amory
C. V. France
Character : Sir Claude Amory
Philip Strange
Character : Richard Amory
Dino Galvani
Character : Dr. Carelli
Michael Shepley
Character : Raynor
Melville Cooper
Character : Insp. Japp
Marie Wright
Character : Miss Amory
Leila Page
Character : (uncredited)
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