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.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on the novel Black Coffee
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Collection
Part of Hercule Poirot (Austin Trevor) Collection
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Sydney Blythe
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Agatha ChristieNovel
- Brock WilliamsScreenplay
- H. Fowler MearScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 24, 1931
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom
- Collection
- Hercule Poirot (Austin Trevor) Collection
Cast
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