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All Time Greats: The Third Man

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on BBC One London

Tonight's film from the cinema's hall of fame stars Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Valli

The famous zither music of Anton Karas sets the mood of decay and corruption in post-war Vienna. Graham Greene's story tells of Holly Martins, a young writer who arrives to work for a former friend, Harry Lime. But Harry Lime, it seems, is dead... or is he?

(This Week's Films: page 9)

Contributors

Screenplay:
Graham Greene
Producer/Director:
Carol Reed
Holly Martins:
Joseph Cotten
Anna:
null Valli
Harry Lime:
Orson Welles
Major Calloway:
Trevor Howard
Sergeant Paine:
Bernard Lee
Harry's Porter:
Paul Hoerbiger
'Baron' Kurtz:
Ernst Deutsch
Popescu:
Siegfried Breuer
Dr Winkel:
Erich Ponto
Crabbin:
Wilfrid Hyde White
Source: Radio Times

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