Black Coffee

Black Coffee

1h 18m 6.0/10

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.

Director

Leslie S. Hiscott

Top Billed Cast

Elizabeth Allan

Elizabeth Allan

Barbara Amory

Austin Trevor

Austin Trevor

Hercule Poirot

Adrianne Allen

Adrianne Allen

Lucia Amory

C. V. France

C. V. France

Sir Claude Amory

Richard Cooper

Richard Cooper

Capt. Hastings

Philip Strange

Philip Strange

Richard Amory

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