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 | |
| Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
Release date | 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). It is now considered a lost film.[1]
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
- ↑ Aldridge p.20
Bibliography
- Aldridge, Mark. Agatha Christie on Screen. Springer, 2016.
External links
- Black Coffee on IMDb
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