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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.
Directed by
Leslie S. Hiscott
Melville Cooper
Insp. Japp
Austin Trevor
Hercule Poirot
Elizabeth Allan
Barbara Amory
Dino Galvani
Dr. Carelli
Adrianne Allen
Lucia Amory
Richard Cooper
Capt. Hastings
Philip Strange
Richard Amory
C. V. France
Sir Claude Amory
Michael Shepley
Raynor
Marie Wright
Miss Amory
Leila Page
(uncredited)
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