The Third Man (1949)

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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.

Principal Cast

Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins

Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt

Orson Welles as Harry Lime

Trevor Howard as Major Calloway

Bernard Lee as Sergeant Paine

Paul HÃ¶rbiger as Porter

Siegfried Breuer as Popescu

Wilfrid Hyde-White as Crabbin

Hedwig Bleibtreu as Annas Landlady

Annie Rosar as the porters wife

Erich Ponto as Dr. Winkel

Ernst Deutsch as Baron Kurtz

Production Crew

Directing

Carol Reed Director

Writing

Graham Greene Screenplay

Camera

Robert Krasker Director of Photography

Production

Alexander Korda Executive Producer
David O. Selznick Executive Producer
Carol Reed Producer

Sound

Anton Karas Original Music Composer

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