The Third Man

1950 "Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!"

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The Third Man

8.1 | 1h45m | NR | en | Thriller

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.

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8.1 | 1h45m | NR | en | More Info

Released: February. 02,1950 | Released Producted By: London Films Productions , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Genre

Thriller , Mystery

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Cast

Joseph Cotten , Alida Valli , Trevor Howard , Orson Welles , Paul Hörbiger , Ernst Deutsch

Director

Ferdinand Bellan

Producted By

London Films Productions

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Joseph Cotten

as Holly Martins

Coney Island Baby AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths Delusion The Survivor Island of the Fishmen

Alida Valli

as Anna Schmidt

Coney Island Baby Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita Senso Come diventai Alida Valli Angel of Death Suspiria 25th Anniversary The Wide Blue Road Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein The Sweet Sounds of Life Fatal Frames

Trevor Howard

as Major Calloway

Ludwig The Dawning The Unholy White Mischief Time After Time Foreign Body Dust Shaka Zulu Shaka Zulu Christmas Eve

Orson Welles

as Harry Lime

4'33 Human Nature in Eleven Parts The Scorpion and the Frog WeirdWorld Jim Henson Idea Man Coney Island Baby Othelo The Great LIFE BEYOND: Visions of Alien Life The Battle of Grovers Mill Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters

Paul Hörbiger

as Karl the Porter

Treffpunkt Herz Der alte Richter Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind Ruf der Wälder Die große Kür I Learned It from Father Rote Lippen soll man küssen Die Bekehrung des Ferdys Pistora Happy End am Wörthersee Unsere tollen Nichten

Ernst Deutsch

as 'Baron' Kurtz

Sebastian Kneipp Jedermann The Third Man The Trial Isle of the Dead Night Plane from Chungking Reunion in France So Ends Our Night The Man I Married The Film in the Film

Ferdinand Bellan

Assistant Art Director

James Sawyer

Assistant Art Director

Joseph Bato

Assistant Set Designer

John Hawkesworth

Assistant Set Designer

Vincent Korda

Set Designer

Stanley Pavey

Additional Photography

John Wilcox

Additional Photography

Denys N. Coop

Camera Operator

Edward Scaife

Camera Operator

Robert Krasker

Director of Photography

Joe Shear

Hairdresser

George Frost

Makeup Artist

Ivy Baker

Wardrobe Supervisor

Noreen Best

Editorial Staff

Elizabeth Montagu

Technical Advisor

Guy Hamilton

Assistant Director

Peggy McClafferty

Continuity

Carol Reed

Director

Jack N. Green

Third Assistant Director

Peter Taylor

Assistant Editor

The Third Man Audience Reviews

2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Hayleigh Joseph This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

adonis98-743-186503 Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime. I was expecting 'The Third Man' to be some awesome Noir thriller but instead we get the boring version of it like seriously i get it some of those movies back in the 30's and 40's did well for their time but now in 2018? They look pretty terrible, sound terrible and their just either very boring or very long and this movie is on the first side of things. Some people will enjoy it but others will just get bored by it. (0/10)

behicekupeli Actually, i didn't like the movie's music because it is not fit into the movie. And it wasn't even thrilling. But cinematography deserve the Oscar and last scene was so beautiful. It was really interesting because i think the movie's genre is comlicated i mean it haven't a clearly concept. It wasn't real crime movie, it wasn't a romantic movie, it wasn't definetely film-noir and thriller i gave up 7 but it even deserve to watch. i believe its all reason is the music choosen.

maxtbuettner The Third Man is filled with great writing, acting, and directing, but the greatest aspect of the movie is the cinematography. Carol Reed and cinematographer Robert Krasker did a fantastic job of depicting a post world war II Vienna. The deep shadows and large amount of dutch angles add to the mystery, uneasiness, and tension of the plot. Most film noir are filled with hard-boiled detectives and pessimistic tones. Reed replaces the detective with a writer trying to find out the truth about his friend's death. Most noir are filled with deep, slow jazz, but The Third Man's soundtrack is filled with upbeat guitar music. It seems out of place when it first plays but it only adds to the weird conspiracy of Orson Welles' death. While The Third Man is considered film noir I believe it stands out form the rest.

pkiasar The movie is great. Perfect storyline, Perfect acting, Perfect dialogs and Perfect ending! the scene at the carousel is a masterpiece.