

Black Coffee
1973-08-02 · 70 min · ★ 7.0
The inventor Sir Claude Amery wants to give the thief of the formula for his latest invention the chance to return it in the dark without being recognized. He gathers everyone in the house in the library and has the lights switched off for a short time. When the light comes back on, Amery is dead. A case for the Belgian master detective Hercule Poirot.
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- Directors
- Claus Peter Witt
- Production companies
- ZDF
- Countries
- Germany
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- Released
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Horst BollmannHercule Poirot
Ernst Fritz FürbringerLord Amery
Käthe HaackCaroline
Gert HauckeInspec. Japp
Anita LochnerBarbara
Ulli PhilippLucia
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