Black Coffee (1931 film)

Black Coffee

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 company	Twickenham Film Studios
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release dates	14 July 1931
Running time	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).

Cast

Austin Trevor as Hercule Poirot
Adrianne Allen as Lucia Amory
Richard Cooper as Captain 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 Inspector Japp
Marie Wright as Miss Amory

References

External links

Black Coffee at the Internet Movie Database

Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot

Characters

Books

Novels	The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) The Murder on the Links (1923) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) The Big Four (1927) The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) Peril at End House (1932) Lord Edgware Dies (1933) Murder on the Orient Express (1934) Three Act Tragedy (1934) Death in the Clouds (1935) The A.B.C. Murders (1936) Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) Cards on the Table (1936) Dumb Witness (1937) Death on the Nile (1937) Appointment with Death (1938) Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938) Sad Cypress (1940) One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940) Evil Under the Sun (1941) Five Little Pigs (1942) The Hollow (1946) Taken at the Flood (1948) Mrs McGinty's Dead (1952) After the Funeral (1953) Hickory Dickory Dock (1955) Dead Man's Folly (1956) Cat Among the Pigeons (1959) The Clocks (1963) Third Girl (1966) Hallowe'en Party (1969) Elephants Can Remember (1972) Curtain (1975)

Short story collections	Poirot Investigates (1924) Murder in the Mews (1937) The Regatta Mystery (1939) The Labours of Hercules (1947) The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (1948) Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950) The Under Dog and Other Stories (1951) The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960) Double Sin and Other Stories (1961) Poirot's Early Cases (1974) Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (1991) The Harlequin Tea Set (1997) While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (1997)

Film adaptations

Plays

Alibi (1928)
Black Coffee (1930)
Peril at End House (1932)
Wasp's Nest (1937)
The Yellow Iris (1937, radio)

Television
adaptations

Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
Murder in Three Acts (1986)
Murder by the Book (1986)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–2013)
- Episodes
Murder on the Orient Express (2001)
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004–05)

Video games

Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (2006)
Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile (2007)
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun (2007)
Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (2009)

See also

Category

The films of Leslie S. Hiscott

Feature Films The Marriage Business (1927) S.O.S. (1928) The Passing of Mr. Quin (1928) Ringing the Changes (1929) The Feather (1929) Call of the Sea (1930) The House of the Arrow (1930) At the Villa Rose (1930) The Sleeping Cardinal (1931) Brown Sugar (1931) Alibi (1931) Black Coffee (1931) Night in Montmartre (1931) When London Sleeps (1932) A Tight Corner (1932) A Safe Proposition (1932) Once Bitten (1932) Murder at Covent Garden (1932) The Missing Rembrandt (1932) The Crooked Lady (1932) Double Dealing (1932) The Face at the Window (1932) That's My Wife (1933) Strike It Rich (1933) The Stolen Necklace (1933) Out of the Past (1933) Marooned (1933) The Iron Stair (1933) I'll Stick to You (1933) His Grace Gives Notice (1933) Yes, Madam (1933) The Melody-Maker (1933) Cleaning Up (1933) The Stickpin (1933) Great Stuff (1933) Keep It Quiet (1934) Passing Shadows (1934) Flat Number Three (1934) The Man I Want (1934) Gay Love (1934) Crazy People (1934) She Shall Have Music (1935) A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935) The Big Splash (1935) The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) Annie, Leave the Room! (1935) Three Witnesses (1935) Inside the Room (1935) Death on the Set (1935) Department Store (1935) The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936) Fame (1936) Millions (1937) Fine Feathers (1937) Ship's Concert (1937) Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940) The Seventh Survivor (1941) Sabotage at Sea (1942) Lady from Lisbon (1942) The Butler's Dilemma (1943) Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944) The Time of His Life (1955) Tons of Trouble (1956)

Short Films Raising the Wind (1925) A Friend of Cupid (1925) A Fowl Proceeding (1925) Cats (1925) Billets (1925)

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