Black Coffee
(1931)

Released: 1931-08-24

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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.

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Austin Trevor

as Hercule Poirot

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Adrianne Allen

as Lucia Amory

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Richard Cooper

as Capt. Hastings

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Elizabeth Allan

as Barbara Amory

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C. V. France

as Sir Claude Amory

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Philip Strange

as Richard Amory

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Melville Cooper

as Insp. Japp

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Marie Wright

as Miss Amory

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Leila Page

as (uncredited)

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