The Third Man (1949)

8.2	Listal rating
8.4	IMDB rating

Directed by

Carol Reed

Starring (View all)

Holly Martins

Anna Schmidt

Harry Lime

Maj. Calloway

Sgt. Paine

Karl - Harry's Porter

Ernst Deutsch

'Baron' Kurtz

Siegfried Breuer

Popescu

Written by (View all)

Graham Greene

(by)

Alexander Korda

story (uncredited)

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Beautiful but smug

5 years, 3 months ago at Feb 18 7:53

nataliegoes

1 vote

The cinematography is brilliant, and so vivid you almost forget you are watching a black & white movie. It's been well preserved and looks as if it could have been released yesterday. And the locales were so interesting that Vienna seems like another character (whether it was shot there or not). But maybe today's audiences are just too smart, but I never trusted anything or anyone, so any shock... read more

Truly goes to shows what we Brits can do...

3 years, 3 months ago at Jan 31 4:23

SJMJ91

1 vote

This film was a really good film-noir film. It is a really tense film because of the chemistry between the characters and the way this film is filmed. It made me feel really great because I never realised at first of how awesome this film really is. It is one of those films that is really loved because of its absolutely outstanding cast especially because Orson Welles is in it. This film is about ... read more

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3 months, 3 weeks ago at Jan 24 5:50

Dhiraj Shah

1 vote

Wasn't quite enjoying this movie and I was just wondering what made people rate this movie more than 8. I was about it give it just a six star rating but again the last scene, may be just 5 last seconds of the movie made me give one more star.

I love these kind of movies that has such an unpredictable endings. Didn't love the whole movie but the last, of course.

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Description: 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 lead 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 di ... (more)

Release date : 31 August 1949
UPC: 037429141625

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" I can't cease to be amazed at how hard some of these films had to work to 'conceal' what they were trying to suggest in order to not receive a can of whoop-ass from censors. As if the sociopolitical context in The Third Man weren't sufficiently complex, the interpersonal dynamics between the characters make it all the more dark and fascinating. In the particular case of this movie, I'm also amazed at how, in 2013, I could be so profoundly struck by how great a 1949 film looks and sounds. T"

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" The Ups: One of the best post-WW2 filmnoirs that have ever been made where they even reunite the best two actors from the Mercury Theatre, Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten. The hunt for Harry Lime is gripping and it all ends in a memorable manhunt in Vienna's sewer tunnels. The music hits like a bullet in the back of my bones. It is full of great photography and Alida Valli is gorgeous here. The Downs: This is as close to perfection as it is possible to get so why should I even bother say s"

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" TV (RECORDED TO DVR) / New to me (I think) Date watched: 1st/2nd April, 2013 (late night) Project: Classics Why?: Orson Welles Director: Carol Reed Thoughts: Fantastic. Watch again?: Definitely."