Black Coffee

Full Length Play / Dramatic Comedy(Mystery/Thriller) / More than 120 minutes
written in 1930
Alfred Ashley, Nov. 1934
Samuel French, London, Jul. 1952

Characters

Hercule Poirot • Tredwell • Lucia Amory • Miss Caroline Amory • Richard Amory • Barbara Amory • Edward Raynor • Dr. Carelli • Sir Claud Amory • Captain Arthur Hastings • Dr. Graham • Inspector Japp • Johnson

Films & TV

Black Coffee, UK, 1931
Film list
Le Coffret de laque, FR, 1932
Film list
Black Coffee, W.Germany, 1973
TV drama list

Black Coffee (Novelize)

adapted as a novel by Charles Osborne, 1997

Sir Claud Amory has discoverd the formula for a new powerful explosive, which is stolen by one of the large household of relatives and friends.
Locking everyone in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula on the table, no questions asked.
When the lights come on, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot - with assistance from Hastings and Inspector Japp - has to unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames and suspicious foreigners to find the killer and prevent a global catastrophe.

UK/US covers

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Novelisation by Charles Osborne


Western Europe covers

Black coffee

French index

Le Masque (#2451) 2001

Le Livre de Poche (#14707) 1999

Zwarte koffie

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Black coffee

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Northern Europe covers

Mörk Brygd

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Sort kaffe

Danish index


Hercule Poirot ja salainen kaava

Finnish index


Must kohv

Estonian index


Juoda kava

Lithuanian index


Southern Europe covers

Black Coffee / Un caffè nero per Poirot

Italian index


Café solo

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Café preto / Café negro

Portuguese index


Πικρός καφές / Καφές Σκέτος

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Crna kafa

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Crna kava

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Eastern Europe covers

Černá káva

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Feketekávé

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Черно кафе

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Czarna kawa

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Cafeaua Neagra

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Черный кофе

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Middle East & Asian covers

Acı Kahve

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Qara Qəhvə

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القهوة السوداء / فنجان قهوة

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القهوة السوداء


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කළු කෝපි

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ฆาตกรไม่กลับใจ

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黑咖啡

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ブラック・コーヒー

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