The Third Man

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The Third Man (1949)

NR 02/02/50 (US) Thriller, Mystery 1h 44m

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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.

Carol Reed

Director
Graham Greene

Screenplay

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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
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Holly Martens (Joseph Cotten) receives a job offer from his friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles) in postwar occupied Vienna. He arrives there only to find that Lime is dead and every witness has a different story. Being a pulp writer, Holly thinks he can solve the mystery.

But this is a Graham Greene story, and the mystery is not just a whodunit but an exploration of evil. Tangling with a nihilistic band of black marketers exploiting the corruption and ruin of a great city after the war, Holly is told that he is in way over his head.

The movie has many unusual touches. Expressionist c... lees die res.

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