Black Coffee

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Crime
Thriller
Mystery

Overview

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.

Keywords

based on novel or book
whodunit
poison
coffee

Details

Status: Released
Release date: August 24, 1931
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: France, United Kingdom
Production: Les Établissements Jacques Haïk,Julius Hagen Productions
Cast: Austin Trevor,Adrianne Allen,Richard Cooper,Elizabeth Allan,C. V. France,Philip Strange,Dino Galvani,Michael Shepley,Melville Cooper,Marie Wrightand 1 more
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott
Writer: Agatha Christie,Brock Williams,H. Fowler Mear
Producer: Julius Hagen
Cinematography: Sydney Blythe
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0021669