Movie

The Third Man

★ 7.9/10 · 2,166 votes 1949 1h 45m Released

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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 Holly Martins Alida Valli Anna Schmidt Trevor Howard Major Calloway Orson Welles Harry Lime Paul Hörbiger Karl the Porter Ernst Deutsch 'Baron' Kurtz