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

Adrianne Allen

Adrianne Allen

Lucia Amory

Austin Trevor

Austin Trevor

Hercule Poirot

C. V. France

C. V. France

Sir Claude Amory

Richard Cooper

Richard Cooper

Capt. Hastings

Philip Strange

Philip Strange

Richard Amory

Similar Movies

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

5.9

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

1981

I Am Number Four

6.2

I Am Number Four

2011

Touch of Death

0.0

Touch of Death

1961

The Golden Glove

6.9

The Golden Glove

2019

Golden Slumber

7.1

Golden Slumber

2010

Topper Returns

6.4

Topper Returns

1941

The Deadly Bees

4.3

The Deadly Bees

1966

The Shadow in the North

6.5

The Shadow in the North

2007

Sherlock: Case of Evil

6.1

Sherlock: Case of Evil

2002

The Turn of the Screw

5.7

The Turn of the Screw

1999