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The Third Man( 1949)

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Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Joseph Cotten

      Holly Martins

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      Alida Valli

      Anna Schmidt

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      Trevor Howard

      Major Calloway

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      Orson Welles

      Harry Lime

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      Paul Hörbiger

      Karl the Porter

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      Ernst Deutsch

      'Baron' Kurtz

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      Erich Ponto

      Dr. Winkel

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      Siegfried Breuer

      Popescu

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      Hedwig Bleibtreu

      Anna's Landlady

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      Bernard Lee

      Sergeant Paine

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      Wilfrid Hyde-White

      Crabbin

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      Alexis Chesnakov

      Col. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)

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      Thomas Gallagher

      Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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      Herbert Halbik

      Hänsel the Little Boy with Ball (uncredited)

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      Hannah Norbert

      Actress at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)

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      Eric Pohlmann

      Waiter at Smolka's (uncredited)

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      Carol Reed

      UK Version's Opening Narrator (uncredited)

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      Annie Rosar

      The Porter's Wife (uncredited)

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      Frederick Schrecker

      Hansel's Father (uncredited)

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      Hugo Schuster

      Waiter (uncredited)

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      Karl Stepanek

      Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)

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      Theodore Gottlieb

      Man on Street (uncredited)

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      Jenny Werner

      Dr. Winkel's Maid Hilde (uncredited)

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      Reed De Rouen

      American Military Policeman(uncredited)

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      Geoffrey Keen

      British Military Policeman (uncredited)

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      Robert Brown

      Britush Military Policeman in Sewer Chase (uncredited)

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    A review by CharlesTheBold

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    Written by CharlesTheBold on Sat Feb 18 2017
    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...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    1226098.00

    Keywords

    • staged death
    • black market
    • cemetery
    • investigation
    • soviet military
    • prater
    • british army
    • austria
    • cover-up
    • film noir
    • foot chase
    • vienna, austria
    • sewer
    • missing person
    • post world war ii
    • ferris wheel
    • grim
    • penicillin
    • forged passport
    • ominous