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.

6

78 min

Cast

Austin Trevor

as Hercule Poirot

Adrianne Allen

as Lucia Amory

Richard Cooper

as Capt. Hastings

Elizabeth Allan

as Barbara Amory

C. V. France

as Sir Claude Amory

Philip Strange

as Richard Amory

Dino Galvani

as Dr. Carelli

Michael Shepley

as Raynor

Melville Cooper

as Insp. Japp

Marie Wright

as Miss Amory

Leila Page

as (uncredited)

Director

Leslie S. Hiscott