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.
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
Dino Galvani
as Dr. Carelli
Michael Shepley
as Raynor
Melville Cooper
as Insp. Japp
Marie Wright
as Miss Amory
Leila Page
as (uncredited)
