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The Third Man

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The Third Man
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1hr 44min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1949
Director:
Carol Reed
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles  ...more
Synopsis: In this Cold War spy classic, Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), a third-rate American pulp novelist, arrives in postwar Vienna, where he has been promised a job by his old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles). Upon his arrival, Martins discovers that Lime has been killed in a traffic accident, and that his funeral is taking place immediately. At the graveside, Martins meets outwardly affable Major Calloway (Trevor Howard) and actress Anna Schmidt (Alida Valli), who is weeping copiously. When Calloway tells ... Full Synopsis
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Bruce Eder, AMG Review
Carol Reed's The Third Man is one of the odder successes among international films of the late 1940s: at a time when movies were supposedly getting dulled-down, in keeping with audience sensibilities, here was a quirky movie from England, with Hitchcock-like touches and an odd sense of humor, that manages to be grim, topical, and wryly witty, while retaining, even augmenting, a good bit of author Full Review
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Joseph Cotten
Holly Martins
Alida Valli
Anna Schmidt
Orson Welles
Harry Lime
Trevor Howard
Maj. Calloway
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