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This classic noir mystery, from the team of Carol Reed and Graham Greene, is generally considered to be the best filmwork of both of these estimable talents. THE THIRD MAN features Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a pulp novelist who has come to post-WWII Vienna with the promise of work from his friend, Harry Lime (Orson Welles)... Read more

Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, Wilfrid Hyde White
Director Carol Reed
Genres Thriller

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The Third Man

This classic noir mystery, from the team of Carol Reed and Graham Greene, is generally considered to be the best filmwork of both of these estimable talents. THE THIRD MAN features Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a pulp novelist who has come to post-WWII Vienna with the promise of work from his friend, Harry Lime (Orson Welles). When he finds that Lime has just been killed in a questionable car accident, he decides to remain in the city to investigate his friend's demise.

Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, Wilfrid Hyde White, Alida Valli, Geoffrey Keen, Bernard Lee, Martin Miller
Director Carol Reed
Studio STUDIO CANAL + OPTIMUM
Run time DVD: 1 hr 39 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate PG.gif
Collections 100 must-see movies, 100 Top Thrillers
Genres Thriller
Language English
Released DVD: 14 Jan 2002
Production year: 1949
Format DVD

The Third Man (1949)

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Well-made and enjoyable Disney adventure, with youngster James MacArthur determined to scale the Alpine peak that claimed his father's life. However, when an early attempt — in the company of mountaineer Michael Rennie — ends in embarrassment, MacArthur is forced to seek training, transforming from callow youth to responsible adolescent along the way. MacArthur is a convincing lead, ably supported by familliar faces such as Janet Munro and Herbert Lom. This is life-affirming stuff with a clear moral purpose, and the location footage of the Swiss Alps is breathtaking.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006
  • 4 stars out of 4

    Totally memorable and irresistible romantic thriller. Stylish from the first to the last, with inimitable backgrounds of zither music and war-torn buildings pointing up a then-topical black market story full of cynical characters but not without humour. H

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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    Rated - 5 stars

    All-time best?

    This is an exciting Graham Greene film about post second world war corruption in occupied Germany.

    It's many years since I saw it and I remembered it as very good, but on second showing I rate it as perhaps the best film of all.

    It can't be flawed. The acting is superb and the choice of actors so right. The locations - wonderful. The photography brilliant.

    What a story, and presented with never a dull moment - only the last shot was slow and how right that was - I wanted it to go on forever!

    Orsen Welles is great, but Joseph Cotten? - surely a perfect performance.

      • A customer from Dorset, UK.
      • Posted 23 Apr 2004 15:10

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    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Classic but a little tired?

      • Forpor from Henley-On-Thames
      • Posted 12 Jun 2007 22:43

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