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Black Coffee (1931)

Black Coffee poster
Directed by
Leslie S. Hiscott
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom, France
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A poisoner strikes at a country house. A detective investigates the suspects before the killer can strike again.

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What happens

Black Coffee is a lost 1931 British "quota quickie" film directed by Leslie Hiscott and starring Austin Trevor, Adrianne Allen and Elizabeth Allan. It was written by Brock Williams and H. Fowler Mear based on the 1930 play Black Coffee by Agatha Christie. It was produced by Julius Hagen at Twickenham Film Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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