poster

1949

NR (08/31/1949) (GB)

Thriller, Mystery,

1h 45m

79

User Score

Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!

Overview

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.

1949

79

User Score

NR (08/31/1949) (GB)

Thriller, Mystery,

1h 45m

Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!

Overview

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

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Holly Martins

Alida Valli

Alida Valli

Anna Schmidt

Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

Major Calloway

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Harry Lime

Paul Hörbiger

Paul Hörbiger

Karl the Porter

Ernst Deutsch

Ernst Deutsch

'Baron' Kurtz

Erich Ponto

Erich Ponto

Dr. Winkel

Hedwig Bleibtreu

Hedwig Bleibtreu

Anna's Landlady

Bernard Lee

Bernard Lee

Sergeant Paine

Alexis Chesnakov

Alexis Chesnakov

Col. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)

Thomas Gallagher

Thomas Gallagher

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Herbert Halbik

Herbert Halbik

Hänsel the Little Boy with Ball (uncredited)

Hannah Norbert

Hannah Norbert

Actress at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)

Eric Pohlmann

Eric Pohlmann

Waiter at Smolka's (uncredited)

Carol Reed

Carol Reed

UK Version's Opening Narrator (uncredited)

Annie Rosar

Annie Rosar

The Porter's Wife (uncredited)

Frederick Schrecker

Frederick Schrecker

Hansel's Father (uncredited)

Hugo Schuster

Hugo Schuster

Waiter (uncredited)