Black Coffee | |
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Directed by | Leslie S. Hiscott |
Written by |
Agatha Christie H. Fowler Mear Brock Williams |
Starring |
Austin Trevor Adrianne Allen Richard Cooper Elizabeth Allan |
Cinematography | Sydney Blythe |
Production
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Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
Release date
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14 July 1931 |
Running time
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78 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom France |
Language | English |
Black Coffee is a 1931 British detective film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott, and based on the play Black Coffee by Agatha Christie featuring her famous private detective Hercule Poirot. It starred Austin Trevor as Poirot with Richard Cooper playing his companion Captain Hastings.
This was one of three appearances that Trevor made as Poirot, having also appeared in Alibi (1931) and Lord Edgware Dies (1934).