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The Third Man (1949)
Directed by Carol Reed
“Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!”
Thriller, Mystery · 1h 45m
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.
Cast
Joseph Cotten
Holly Martins
Alida Valli
Anna Schmidt
Trevor Howard
Major Calloway
Orson Welles
Harry Lime
Paul Hörbiger
Karl the Porter
Ernst Deutsch
'Baron' Kurtz
Erich Ponto
Dr. Winkel
Siegfried Breuer
Popescu
Hedwig Bleibtreu
Anna's Landlady
Bernard Lee
Sergeant Paine
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Crabbin
A
Alexis Chesnakov
Col. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Carol Reed
- Screenplay
- Graham Greene
- Director of Photography
- Robert Krasker
- Original Music Composer
- Anton Karas
- Editor
- Oswald Hafenrichter
- Producer
- Carol Reed
Details
- Release date
- 1949-08-31
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Thriller, Mystery
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Russian, German
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- London Films Productions
- Box office
- $1,226,098