Released:
1931-08-24

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

Runtime:
1h 18min

Genre:
Crime, Thriller, Mystery

• 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