Director: Carol Reed

Writer: Graham Greene

Producer: Carol Reed

Keywords: Mystery, Thriller, Film Noir

Novelist Holly Martins is invited to post-war Vienna but arrives to find his contact, Harry Lime, dead from a car accident and with a reputation as a black marketeer. He notices irregularities in Lime's death. Who exactly was Harry Lime, who seems so unlike the Lime he remembers? Excellent cinematography, superb acting and fantastic convolutions make this an exceptional film.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joseph Cotten	Actor	15-May-1905	6-Feb-1994	Jedidiah Leland in Citizen Kane
Paul Hörbiger	Actor	29-Apr-1894	5-Mar-1981	Liebelei
Trevor Howard	Actor	29-Sep-1913	7-Jan-1988	Sons and Lovers
Wilfrid Hyde-White	Actor	12-May-1903	6-May-1991	My Fair Lady
Bernard Lee	Actor	10-Jan-1908	16-Jan-1981	James Bond's M
Alida Valli	Actor	31-May-1921	22-Apr-2006	The Third Man
Orson Welles	Actor	6-May-1915	10-Oct-1985	Citizen Kane

CAST

starring
Joseph Cotten	...   Holly Martins
Alida Valli	...   Anna
Orson Welles	...   Harry Lime
Trevor Howard	...   Maj. Calloway
with
Bernard Lee	...   Sgt. Paine
Ernst Deutsch	...   "Baron" Kurtz
Paul Hoerbiger	...   Porter
Siegfried Breuer	...   Popescu
Erich Ponto	...   Dr. Winkel
Wilfrid Hyde-White	...   Crabbin
Hedwig Bleibtreu	...   Anna's "Old Woman"
Annie Rosar	...   Porter's Wife
Herbert Halbik	...   "Little" Hansl
Alexis Chesnakov	...   Brodsky
Paul Hardtmuth	...   Hall Porter (Sacher)

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