Film · Mystery, Thriller
The Third Man (1949)
Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!
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.
- Director
- Carol Reed
- Writers
- Graham Greene
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- August 31, 1949
Cast
Joseph CottenHolly Martins
Alida ValliAnna Schmidt
Trevor HowardMajor Calloway
Orson WellesHarry Lime
Paul HörbigerKarl the Porter
Ernst Deutsch'Baron' Kurtz
Erich PontoDr. Winkel
Siegfried BreuerPopescu
Hedwig BleibtreuAnna's Landlady
Bernard LeeSergeant Paine
Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteCrabbin- Alexis ChesnakovCol. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)
- Thomas GallagherTaxi Driver (uncredited)
- Herbert HalbikHänsel the Little Boy with Ball (uncredited)
- Hannah NorbertActress at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
Eric PohlmannWaiter at Smolka's (uncredited)
Carol ReedUK Version's Opening Narrator (uncredited)
Annie RosarThe Porter's Wife (uncredited)- Frederick SchreckerHansel's Father (uncredited)
- Hugo SchusterWaiter (uncredited)
