Black Coffee

Black Coffee (1931)

8.0 78 min Movie
CrimeThrillerMystery

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 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 Marie Wright Miss Amory
Leila Page Leila Page (uncredited)

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