The Third Man

Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Joseph Cotten	Holly Martins
Trevor Howard	Major Calloway
Alida Valli	Anna Schmidt
Orson Welles	Harry Lime
Bernard Lee	Sergeant Paine
Paul Hörbiger	Porter
Ernst Deutsch	Baron Kurtz
Siegfried Breuer	Popescu
Erich Ponto	Dr. Winkel
Wilfrid Hyde-White	Crabbin

Director	Carol Reed
Producer	Carol Reed; Alexander Korda; Hugh Perceval
Writer	Carol Reed; Orson Welles; Graham Greene; Alexander Korda
Cinematography	Robert Krasker
Musician	Irving Fields; Albert Gamse; Anton Karas; Henry Love

The story starts in post war Vienna divided into many sectors by allies. Vienna encounters shortage of supplies due to which black market trade flourishes well. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) arrives to Vienna on his friend Harry Lime’s (Orson Welles) request. Soon after reaching Vienna he learns that his friend has died in a car accident and attends his funeral. In the funeral he sees two middle aged men and a pretty woman . He gets different versions of Harry ’s death from Harry’s friends . Being suspicious he investigates Harry’s murder. He stumbles upon a stunning discovery regarding his friend’s death.