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.
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Stars: Austin Trevor, Adrianne Allen, Richard Cooper, Elizabeth Allan, C. V. France, Philip Strange
Crew: Sydney Blythe (Director of Photography), Agatha Christie (Novel), Leslie S. Hiscott (Director), Brock Williams (Screenplay), Cyril Stanborough (Still Photographer), Baynham Honri (Sound Director)
Country: France, United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: Les Établissements Jacques Haïk, Julius Hagen Productions
Runtime: 78 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 24, 1931
IMDb: 5
