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Black Coffee

8.0(2)19311h 18m1

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.

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Released
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Language
English
Part of Hercule Poirot (Austin Trevor) Collection · 3 films
  • based on novel or book
  • poison
  • coffee
  • whodunit

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France, United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical24 Aug 1931
    • Theatrical11 Dec 1931

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Black Coffee was released on 24 August 1931.

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