Black Coffee
Black Coffee, a 1931 British detective film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott, adapts Agatha Christie’s 1930 stage play Black Coffee, featuring her famed private detective Hercule Poirot. The cast is led by Austin Trevor as Poirot with Richard Cooper portraying his companion Captain Hastings. During a house party, a famous but hated scientist, Sir Amory, is murdered and some of his valuable papers go missing. Poirot swiftly determines the manner of death and the motive, then narrows the field to the most plausible culprit.
Director(s)
Leslie S. Hiscott
Cast & Crew
Part of the Series
Black Coffee FAQs
Leslie S. Hiscott is the director of Black Coffee.
The cast of Black Coffee includes Melville Cooper as Insp. Japp, Austin Trevor as Hercule Poirot, Michael Shepley as Raynor, Elizabeth Allan as Barbara Amory, Adrianne Allen as Lucia Amory, Richard Cooper as Capt. Hastings, C. V. France as Sir Claude Amory, Philip Strange as Richard Amory, Dino Galvani as Dr. Carelli, Marie Wright as Miss Amory, and Leila Page as (uncredited).
The duration of Black Coffee is 1h 18 mins.
Black Coffee was released on 24 Aug 1931.
Black Coffee is listed under Crime, Thriller, and Mystery on Fanbiz.
