The Third Man Genre Guide: Story, Cast and Movie Facts

The Third Man (1949) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!

Where to watch

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Cast

Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins; Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt; Trevor Howard as Major Calloway; Orson Welles as Harry Lime; Paul Hörbiger as Karl the Porter; Ernst Deutsch as 'Baron' Kurtz; Erich Ponto as Dr. Winkel; Siegfried Breuer as Popescu

About The Third Man

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.

More like The Third Man

• Foreign Correspondent
• Murder on the Orient Express
• Ten Little Indians
• Sherlock Holmes
• The Odessa File
• The Lady Vanishes
• Murder at the Embassy
• Bear Island

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