- Country: France, UK
- Genres: Crime, Mystery
- Release: 1932-07-15
- Director: Jean Kemm
- Writers: Agatha Christie , Pierre Maudru , H. Fowler Mear , Brock Williams
- Language: French
- Stars: René Alexandre , Harry Arbell , Danielle Darrieux , Maxime Desjardins , Gaston Dupray , Alice Field , Maurice Varny , Marcel Vibert
- Runtime: 85 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Le coffret de laque , Лакированная шкатулка (Russian Federation) , Лакированная шкатулка , Lackered Box , ブラック・コーヒー(仏語) (Japan) , Le coffret de laque (France, French Republic)
- Plot: A chemist is working on a very important and secret new formula in a quite isolated country house. He believes someone is wanting to rob this formula and informs a friend, who is a detective. One night when several guests are in the house, the formula is stolen indeed and the chemist is about to be poisoned with a drug out of a lacquered box... Danielle Darrieux is smart and funny and René Alexandre plays properly his part. But the name of the detective is not Poirot. You'll find some suspense and a bit of espionage in this "huis-clos" adapted from A. Christie's play Black Coffee. The movie follows all the rules of the genre, but I wouldn't say the plot and the detective's deductions are really mesmerizing.
- IMDB:tt0185995
Lackered Box Cast · · · ALL
Jean Kemm
Director
René Alexandre
Hercule Poirot
Harry Arbell
o.A.
Maxime Desjardins
o.A.
Gaston Dupray
o.A.
Alice Field
o.A.
Maurice Varny
o.A.
Danielle Darrieux
Henriette Stenay