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Black Coffee
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8.0Black 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.
Released: 1931-08-2478 minDir: Leslie S. HiscottCrime, Thriller, MysteryPart of: Hercule Poirot (Austin Trevor) Collection
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
- Philip Strange as Richard Amory
Themes
- based on novel or book
- poison
- coffee
- whodunit
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