Directed by:
Carol ReedScreenplay:
Graham GreeneCinematography:
Robert KraskerComposer:
Anton KarasCast:
Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Siegfried Breuer, Bernard Lee, Carol Reed, Geoffrey Keen, Karel Štěpánek, Ernst Deutsch (more)VOD (3)
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Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime—and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder. Thanks to brilliant performances by Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, and Orson Welles; Anton Karas's evocative zither score; Graham Greene’s razor-sharp dialogue; and Robert Krasker’s dramatic use of light and shadow, The Third Man, directed by the inimitable Carol Reed, only grows in stature as the years pass. (Criterion)
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