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The Third Man

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 8 months

Classic film noir about an American writer who visits postwar Vienna to see an old friend but is told that the latter is dead. Incredulous at the suggestion his friend was a criminal, the writer attempts to clear the dead man's name but soon finds events taking a strange turn. Show less

Contributors

Holly Martins:
Joseph Cotten
Anna Schmidt:
Valli
Major Calloway:
Trevor Howard
Harry Lime:
Orson Welles
Sergeant Paine:
Bernard Lee
Harry's porter:
Paul Hoerbiger
'Baron' Kurtz:
Ernst Deutsch
Dr Winkel:
Erich Ponto
Anna's old landlady:
Hedwig Bleibtreu
Producer:
Carol Reed
Writer:
Carol Reed
Director:
Carol Reed
Director of photography:
Robert Krasker

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