Black Coffee
movie
Released August 24, 1931
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.
Cast
Austin Trevor
as
Hercule Poirot
Adrianne Allen
as
Lucia Amory
Richard Cooper
as
Capt. Hastings
Elizabeth Allan
as
Barbara Amory
C. V. France
as
Sir Claude Amory
Philip Strange
as
Richard Amory
Dino Galvani
as
Dr. Carelli
Michael Shepley
as
Raynor
Melville Cooper
as
Insp. Japp
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Marie Wright
as
Miss Amory
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Leila Page
as
(uncredited)
