The Lacquered Box

{{short description|1932 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Lacquered Box

| image = The Lacquered Box.jpg

| caption =

| director = Jean Kemm

| producer = Jacques Haïk

| based_on = {{based on|Black Coffee (play)
1930 play|Agatha Christie}}

| writer = {{ubl|Pierre Maudru|H. Fowler Mear|Brock Williams}}

| narrator =

| starring = Danielle Darrieux

| music = Henri Verdun

| cinematography = Paul Cotteret

| editing =

| studio = Les Établissements Jacques Haïk

| distributor = Les Établissements Jacques Haïk

| released = {{Film date|1932|07|15|df=yes}}

| runtime = 85 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Lacquered Box (French: Le Coffret de laque) is a 1932 French crime film directed by Jean Kemm and starring Danielle Darrieux.Rège p.561 It was based on Agatha Christie's play Black Coffee which had been turned into a British film the previous year.{{Cite book |last1=Gras |first1=Gwénaëlle le |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FGIEAAAQBAJ&dq=coffret+de%3Alaque+darrieux&pg=PA49 |title=Danielle Darrieux ou la traversée d'un siècle |last2=Sellier |first2=Geneviève |date=2020-06-15 |publisher=Presses universitaires de Bordeaux |isbn=979-10-300-0941-5 |language=fr}}{{Cite book |last=Tulard |first=Jean |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWocAAAAQBAJ&dq=coffret+de%3Alaque+darrieux&pg=PT1271 |title=Guide des films - Intégrale |date=2013-07-18 |publisher=Groupe Robert Laffont |isbn=978-2-221-12486-4 |language=fr}}

Cinèopse praised the acting.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mzq23kSJBpwC&q=coffret+de:laque+darrieux |title=Le Cinéopse: revue technique de l'industrie cinématographique |date=1932 |language=fr}}