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Director: Carol Reed
Genres: Film Noir, Psychological Thriller, Mystery
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Summary:
In this Cold War spy classic, Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), a third-rate American pulp novelist, arrives in postwar Vienna, where he has been promised a job by his old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles). Upon his arrival, Martins discovers that Lime has been killed in a traffic accident, and that his funeral is taking place immediately. At the graveside, Martins meets outwardly affa... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Joseph Cotten - (Holly Martins)
Alida Valli - (Anna Schmidt)
Orson Welles - (Harry Lime)
Trevor Howard - (Maj. Calloway)
Paul Hoerbiger - (Porter)
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Review:
Carol_Reed's The Third Man is one of the odder successes among international films of the late 1940s: at a time when movies were supposedly getting dulled-down, in keeping with audience sensibilities, here was a quirky movie from England, with Hitchcock-like touches and an odd sense of humor, that manages to be grim, topical, and wryly wit... Continue >>

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