Film

The Third Man

1949 · 1h 45m · Thriller · Mystery

Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!

IMDb

8.1

Rotten Tomatoes

99%

Metacritic

97

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.

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

Bernard Lee

Sergeant Paine

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Crabbin

Alexis Chesnakov

Col. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)

Thomas Gallagher

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Herbert Halbik

Hänsel the Little Boy with Ball (uncredited)

Hannah Norbert

Actress at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)

Eric Pohlmann

Waiter at Smolka's (uncredited)

• Carol ReedProducer · Director
• Graham GreeneScreenplay
• Alexander KordaExecutive Producer
• David O. SelznickExecutive Producer
• Robert KraskerDirector of Photography
• Anton KarasOriginal Music Composer
• Oswald HafenrichterEditor

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Release date

August 31, 1949

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

NR

Revenue

$1,226,098

Genres

Thriller, Mystery

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