The Third Man
(1949)
Tagline
Hunted by men...Sought by WOMEN!
Starring
Joseph Cotten Alida Valli Orson Welles Trevor Howard Bernard Lee
Director
Genre
Drama Action Thriller Mystery Foreign Film Noir
Running Time
104 minutes
Overview
An American pulp writer arrives in post-WWII Vienna only to find that the friend who waited for him is killed under mysterious circumstances. The ensuing mystery entangles him in his friend's involvement in the black market, with the multinational police, and with his Czech girlfriend.
Released
31 August 1949
Budget
£0
Revenue
£596,349
Language
English Russian German
Studio
London Film Productions British Lion Film Corporation
Country of Origin
Austria United Kingdom
Cast
| Joseph Cotten | ... | Holly Martins |
| Alida Valli | ... | Anna Schmidt |
| Orson Welles | ... | Harry Lime |
| Trevor Howard | ... | Major Calloway |
| Bernard Lee | ... | Sergeant Paine |
| Paul Hörbiger | ... | Porter |
| Siegfried Breuer | ... | Popescu |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | ... | Crabbin |
| Hedwig Bleibtreu | ... | Anna's Landlady |
| Annie Rosar | ... | the porter's wife |
| Erich Ponto | ... | Dr. Winkel |
| Ernst Deutsch | ... | 'Baron' Kurtz |
Crew
| Carol Reed | ... | Director |
| Graham Greene | ... | Screenplay |
| Hugh Perceval | ... | Producer |
| Carol Reed | ... | Producer |
| Anton Karas | ... | Original Music Composer |
| Robert Krasker | ... | Director of Photography |
| Oswald Hafenrichter | ... | Editor |