The Third Man
The Third Man
Release: 1949-08-31
·Runtime: 105m
·★ 7.9
Thriller
Mystery
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
London Films Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Trevor Howard
as Major Calloway
Erich Ponto
as Dr. Winkel
Bernard Lee
as Sergeant Paine
Annie Rosar
as The Porter's Wife (uncredited)
Orson Welles
as Harry Lime
Hedwig Bleibtreu
as Anna's Landlady
Karl Stepanek
as Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
Robert Brown
as Britush Military Policeman in Sewer Chase (uncredited)
Alida Valli
as Anna Schmidt
Paul Hörbiger
as Karl the Porter
Ernst Deutsch
as 'Baron' Kurtz
Siegfried Breuer
as Popescu
Carol Reed
as UK Version's Opening Narrator (uncredited)
Theodore Gottlieb
as Man on Street (uncredited)
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Crabbin
Eric Pohlmann
as Waiter at Smolka's (uncredited)
Geoffrey Keen
as British Military Policeman (uncredited)
Joseph Cotten
as Holly Martins
