Black Coffee 1931

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:

Austin Trevor
Hercule Poirot 

Adrianne Allen
Lucia Amory 

Richard Cooper
Capt. Hastings 

Elizabeth Allan
Barbara Amory 

C. V. France
Sir Claude Amory 

Philip Strange
Richard Amory