THE THIRD MAN: THE CRITERION COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1949
• Genre: Film-Noir, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime—and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder. Thanks to brilliant performances by Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, and Orson Welles; Anton Karas's evocative zither score; Graham Greene's razor-sharp dialogue; and Robert Krasker's dramatic use of light and shadow, The Third Man, directed by the inimitable Carol Reed, only grows in stature as the years pass.
• Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Paul Hörbiger, Ernst Deutsch, Siegfried Breuer, Erich Ponto, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Hedwig Bleibtreu, Nelly Arno, Jack Arrow, Harold Ayer, Harry Belcher, Leo Bieber, Paul Birch, Martin Boddey, Madge Brindley, Robert Brown, Ray Browne, Robin Burns, Paul Carpenter, Marie-Louise Charlier, Alexis Chesnakov, Guy De Monceau, Reed De Rouen, Jack Faint, Peter Fontaine, Thomas Gallagher, Michael Godfrey, Vernon Greeves, Herbert Halbik, Paul Hardtmuth, Walter Hertner, Charles Irwin, Lily Kann, Geoffrey Keen, Brookes Kyle, Martin Miller, Hannah Norbert, Eric Pohlmann, Carol Reed, Annie Rosar, Frederick Schrecker, Hugo Schuster, Karel Stepanek, Gordon Tanner, Brother Theodore, Ernst Ulman, Helga Wahlrow, Jenny Werner, Graham Greene, Alexander Korda
• Director: Carol Reed
• Runtime: 1:44
• Company: London Film Productions, British Lion Films, The Criterion Collection, Janus Films, Studio Canal
• Media Format: Movie