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The Third Man

7.9 105 mins Thriller   Mystery   1949
London Films Productions  
Director(s): Carol Reed

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.

Casts of The Third Man

Joseph Cotten

as Holly Martins

Alida Valli

as Anna Schmidt

Trevor Howard

as Major Calloway

Orson Welles

as Harry Lime

Paul Hörbiger

as Karl the Porter

Ernst Deutsch

as 'Baron' Kurtz

Erich Ponto

as Dr. Winkel

Siegfried Breuer

as Popescu

Hedwig Bleibtreu

as Anna's Landlady

Bernard Lee

as Sergeant Paine

Wilfrid Hyde-White

as Crabbin

Alexis Chesnakov

as Col. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)

Thomas Gallagher

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Herbert Halbik

as Hänsel the Little Boy with Ball (uncredited)

Hannah Norbert

as Actress at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)

Eric Pohlmann

as Waiter at Smolka's (uncredited)

Carol Reed

as UK Version's Opening Narrator (uncredited)

Annie Rosar

as The Porter's Wife (uncredited)

Frederick Schrecker

as Hansel's Father (uncredited)

Hugo Schuster

as Waiter (uncredited)

Karl Stepanek

as Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)

Theodore Gottlieb

as Man on Street (uncredited)

Jenny Werner

as Dr. Winkel's Maid Hilde (uncredited)

Reed De Rouen

as American Military Policeman(uncredited)

Geoffrey Keen

as British Military Policeman (uncredited)

Robert Brown

as Britush Military Policeman in Sewer Chase (uncredited)

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