The Third Man (1949)

Cast

Orson Welles
as Harry Lime
Bernard Lee
as Sgt. Paine
Joseph Cotten
as Holly Martins
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Crabbin

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Genres & Description

Action Film-Noir Mystery Thriller

8.2 / 10

An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, and where a shortage of supplies has led to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Lime's friends and associates Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime.

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fanorama1

one of the finest films ever made - @Saturday, September 29, 2018 12:06 AM

Simon Last

Love this film - @Tuesday, September 18, 2018 4:19 PM

Stewart Lawrence

There are just too many great things that come together in this movie -- the top-notch performances (easily Cotton's best), the marvelous zither score, the setting in the dark wet streets and sewers of postwar Vienna, the expressionist noir-like cinematography (the lighting!), the cats, the unrequited love.....towering over it all....HARRY...who only appears late in the movie in one of the most extraordinary introduction scenes ever - @Tuesday, October 17, 2017 4:19 PM

tomahawk238

Amazing movie! - @Thursday, September 14, 2017 8:51 PM

Ben Shadbolt

Not my favourite film but I respect anyone who says it is their's. An outstanding movie. - @Thursday, June 22, 2017 10:31 AM