The Third Man
Approved
Noir
Mystery
Thriller
- Release Date
- February 1, 1950
- Director
- Carol Reed
- Cast
- Orson Welles , Joseph Cotten , Alida Valli , Trevor Howard , Paul Hörbiger
- Runtime
- 93 Minutes
- Main Genre
- Noir
- Writers
- Graham Greene , Orson Welles , Alexander Korda
- Tagline
- Carol Reed's Classic Thriller
- Studio(s)
- London Film Productions
- Distributor(s)
- Selznick Releasing Organization
Summary
An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, and 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. From talking to Lime's friends and associates Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime.