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Black Coffee

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Rated 8.0 on TMDB

Black Coffee

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.

Released: 1931
Runtime: 1h 18m
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Country: France
Language: English

Direction and writing

H. Fowler MearScreenplay

Agatha ChristieNovel

Cast

Austin TrevorHercule Poirot
Adrianne AllenLucia Amory
Richard CooperCapt. Hastings

Leslie S. HiscottDirector

Brock WilliamsScreenplay

Where to watch

Unavailable

Elizabeth AllanBarbara Amory

C. V. FranceSir Claude Amory

Philip StrangeRichard Amory

Dino GalvaniDr. Carelli

Michael ShepleyRaynor

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