This classic noir mystery, from the team of Carol Reed and Graham Greene, is regarded to be the best filmwork of both of these extreme talents. The Third Man features Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a pulp novelist who has come to post-WWII Vienna with the promise of work from his friend, Harry Lime (Orson Welles). When he finds that Lime has just been killed in a questionable car accident, he decides to remain in the city to investigate his friend's mysterious death. The Third Man is a masterpiece of melancholia featuring extraordinary writing, acting, and directing, as well as a classic zither score by Anton Karas.
Directed by
Carol Reed
Written by
Graham Greene
Starring
Joseph Cotten (Holly Martins); Alida Valli (Anna Schmidt (as Valli)); Orson Welles (Harry Lime); Trevor Howard (Major Calloway); Bernard Lee (Sergeant Paine); Paul Hörbiger (Harry's Porter (as Paul Hoerbiger)); Ernst Deutsch ('Baron' Kurtz); Siegfried Breuer (Popescu); Erich Ponto (Dr. Winkel); Wilfrid Hyde-White (Crabbin); Hedwig Bleibtreu (Anna's Old Landlady). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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