The Third Man poster
Screenplay Graham Greene
Director Carol Reed

The Third Man

Tagline: Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!

Release Date: 1949-08-31

Duration: 105 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Orson Welles
    Harry Lime
  • Theodore Gottlieb
    Man on Street (uncredited)
  • Bernard Lee
    Sergeant Paine
  • Joseph Cotten
    Holly Martins
  • Alida Valli
    Anna Schmidt
  • Trevor Howard
    Major Calloway
  • Geoffrey Keen
    British Military Policeman (uncredited)
  • Wilfrid Hyde-White
    Crabbin
  • Erich Ponto
    Dr. Winkel
  • Robert Brown
    Britush Military Policeman in Sewer Chase (uncredited)