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31/08/1949 Thriller, Mystery 1h 45m
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Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!

Overview

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.

  1. Carol Reed

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Joseph Cotten

    Holly Martins

  2. Alida Valli

    Anna Schmidt

  3. Trevor Howard

    Major Calloway

  4. Orson Welles

    Harry Lime

  5. Paul Hörbiger

    Karl the Porter

  6. Ernst Deutsch

    'Baron' Kurtz

  7. Erich Ponto

    Dr. Winkel

  8. Siegfried Breuer

    Popescu

  9. Hedwig Bleibtreu

    Anna's Landlady

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by CharlesTheBold
Written by CharlesTheBold on 2017-02-18
Holly Martens (Joseph Cotten) receives a job offer from his friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles) in postwar occupied Vienna. He arrives there only to find that Lime is dead and every witness has a different story. Being a pulp writer, Holly thinks he can solve the mystery.

But this is a Graham Greene story, and the mystery is not just a whodunit but an exploration of evil. Tangling with a nihilistic band of black marketers exploiting the corruption and ruin of a great city after the war, Holly is told that he is in way over his head.

The movie has many unusual touches. Expressionist ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$1,226,098.00

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