Movie

The Third Man (1949)

105 min

• Thriller
• Mystery

Director

Carol Reed

Released

August 31, 1949

Synopsis

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
• Alida Valli
• Trevor Howard
• Orson Welles
• Paul Hörbiger
• Ernst Deutsch
• Erich Ponto
• Siegfried Breuer
• Hedwig Bleibtreu
• Bernard Lee
• Wilfrid Hyde-White
• Alexis Chesnakov

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