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