The Third Man (1949)

Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

Cast (27)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Joseph Cotten

Holly Martins

Alida Valli

Anna Schmidt

Trevor Howard

Major Calloway

Orson Welles

Harry Lime

Paul Hörbiger

Karl the Porter

Ernst Deutsch

'Baron' Kurtz

Erich Ponto

Dr. Winkel

Siegfried Breuer

Popescu

Hedwig Bleibtreu

Anna's Landlady

Bernard Lee

Sergeant Paine

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Crabbin

A

Alexis Chesnakov

Col. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)

T

Thomas Gallagher

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

H

Herbert Halbik

Hänsel the Little Boy with Ball (uncredited)

H

Hannah Norbert

Actress at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)

Eric Pohlmann

Waiter at Smolka's (uncredited)

Carol Reed

UK Version's Opening Narrator (uncredited)

Annie Rosar

The Porter's Wife (uncredited)

F

Frederick Schrecker

Hansel's Father (uncredited)

H

Hugo Schuster

Waiter (uncredited)

Karl Stepanek

Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)

Theodore Gottlieb

Man on Street (uncredited)

J

Jenny Werner

Dr. Winkel's Maid Hilde (uncredited)

R

Reed De Rouen

American Military Policeman(uncredited)

Geoffrey Keen

British Military Policeman (uncredited)

Robert Brown

Britush Military Policeman in Sewer Chase (uncredited)

Paul Carpenter

International Patrol D (uncredited)

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