The Third Man
Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!
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- Thriller
- Mystery
Overview
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.
Keywords
- investigation
- cover-up
- missing person
- grave
- sewer
- british army
- black and white
- grim
- foot chase
- austria
- vienna
- ominous
- cemetery
- film noir
- suspenseful
- soviet military
- post world war ii
- black market
- staged death
- prater
- ferris wheel
- penicillin
- forged passport
- vienna, austria
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 31, 1949
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Russian, German
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- London Films Productions,British Lion Films
- Cast
- Joseph Cotten,Alida Valli,Trevor Howard,Orson Welles,Paul Hörbiger,Ernst Deutsch,Erich Ponto,Siegfried Breuer,Hedwig Bleibtreu,Bernard Leeand 17 more
- Director
- Carol Reed
- Writer
- Graham Greene
- Cinematography
- Robert Krasker
- Music
- Anton Karas
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $1,226,098
- IMDb
- tt0041959