The Third Man
Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!
1949-08-31 | 104 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Joseph CottenHolly Martins
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Alida ValliAnna Schmidt
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Trevor HowardMajor Calloway
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Orson WellesHarry Lime
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Paul HörbigerKarl the Porter
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Ernst Deutsch'Baron' Kurtz
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Erich PontoDr. Winkel
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Siegfried BreuerPopescu
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Hedwig BleibtreuAnna's Landlady
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Bernard LeeSergeant Paine
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Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteCrabbin
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Eric PohlmannWaiter at Smolka's (uncredited)
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Carol ReedUK Version's Opening Narrator (uncredited)
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Annie RosarThe Porter's Wife (uncredited)
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