The Third Man
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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An out-of-work pulp fiction novelist arrives in shadowy post-war Vienna, divided into sectors by the victorious allies, where a shortage of supplies has led to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. As he talks to Lime's friends and associates, he finds that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime. written by Graham Greene directed by Carol Reed Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt Orson Welles as Harry Lime Trevor Howard as Maj. Calloway Paul Hörbiger as Karl Ernst Deutsch as Baron Kurtz Erich Ponto as Dr. Winkel Bernard Lee as Sgt. Paine Wilfrid Hyde-White as Crabbin I colorized this using AI software that doesn't always get the colors right, but I think it looks fairly natural. Hopefully a more professional job will be done someday.
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- Director
- Carol Reed
- Starring
- Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Orson Welles, Paul Hörbiger, Ernst Deutsch, Erich Ponto, Siegfried Breuer
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