Black Coffee
78 mins
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.
Marie Wright
Miss Amory
Leila Page
(uncredited)
Leslie S. Hiscott
Director
H. Fowler Mear
Screenplay
Brock Williams
Screenplay
Julius Hagen
Producer
Sydney Blythe
Director of Photography
Baynham Honri
Sound Director
Cyril Stanborough
Still Photographer