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The Third Man
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
1949 · Directed by Carol Reed · 105 min · Thriller · Mystery · 50 frames
Tagline
Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!
Crew
- Screenplay: Graham Greene
- Cinematography: Robert Krasker
- Edited by: Oswald Hafenrichter
- Music: Anton Karas
- Produced by: Carol Reed
Cast
- Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins
- Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt
- Trevor Howard as Major Calloway
- Orson Welles as Harry Lime
- Paul Hörbiger as Karl the Porter
- Ernst Deutsch as 'Baron' Kurtz
- Erich Ponto as Dr. Winkel
- Siegfried Breuer as Popescu
- Hedwig Bleibtreu as Anna's Landlady
- Bernard Lee as Sergeant Paine
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English, Russian, German
- Studios: London Films Productions
- Box office: $1,226,098
- Themes: staged death, black market, cemetery, investigation, soviet military, prater, british army, austria, cover-up, film noir
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