The Third Man
- Released on
- Runtime
- 105 mins
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.
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
- Thomas Gallagher
- Herbert Halbik
- Hannah Norbert
- Eric Pohlmann
- Carol Reed
- Annie Rosar
- Frederick Schrecker
- Hugo Schuster
- Karl Stepanek
- Theodore Gottlieb
- Jenny Werner
- Reed De Rouen
- Geoffrey Keen
- Robert Brown
Director
- Carol Reed
Producers
- Carol Reed
Screenwriter
- Graham Greene
