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The Third Man (1949)  link to The Third Man on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 1775

poster The Third Man

IMDb Rating:
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8.3/10 (126552 votes)

Country: UK, 93 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, German, Russian

Genre(s): Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

Director(s): Dean Devlin

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, and where a shortage of supplies has led to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Lime's friends and associates Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime.

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Cast:

photo Joseph Cotten Joseph Cotten Holly Martins
photo Alida Valli Alida Valli Anna Schmidt
photo Orson Welles Orson Welles Harry Lime
photo Trevor Howard Trevor Howard Maj. Calloway
photo Bernard Lee Bernard Lee Sgt. Paine

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\The Third Man\The Third Man.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3