Set in postwar Vienna, Austria, the film follows Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, who arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to find him dead. He then investigates the mysterious death, and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder.
29 October 1899, Brünn, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
15 August 1916, London, England, UK
16 September 1890, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
17 July 1918, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 17, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
6 May 1915, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
18 July 1913, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
29 September 1913, Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
16 April 1907, Stirling, Scotland, UK
2 July 1888, Berlin, Germany
September 26, 1894 in Russia
21 August 1916, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
1898 in Germany
11 November 1906, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
November 22, 1886 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
23 July 1921, Swanage, Dorset, England, UK
15 May 1905, Petersburg, Virginia, USA
August 18, 1924 in Hampstead, London, England, UK
July 21, 1920 in Edmonton, London, England, UK
2 September 1899, Kremsier, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Kromeriz, Czech Republic]
13 January 1912, Atmore, Alabama, USA
10 January 1908, Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
April 7, 1908 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
15 October 1901, Bedford Park, London, England, UK
July 30, 1914 in Cairo, Egypt
12 May 1903, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England, UK
25 February 1916, Vienna, Austria
March 09, 2017
There's an element of show-off quality in The Third Man-it's a stylistic tour de force of bravura lighting, brilliant location shooting, dynamic imagery, and sharp angles throwing the world off kilter-but Reed rises to the challenge of Greene's script.
July 02, 2015
Like many, I have loved this thriller of conscience and betrayal most of my moviegoing life.
June 26, 2015
"The Third Man" is important not just because of its technique but because of its theme ...
August 06, 2015
Krasker's camera reveals a dank, matte, defeated city - so dully vivid as to be a character unto itself - except that this Vienna becomes something altogether different seen at night or underground.
June 24, 2015
A lot funnier than you remember it, Carol Reed's immortal 1949 film noir seems to exist in the space between two worlds: an earlier time when thrillers were mostly serious affairs, and a future one, when such supremely witty entertainments felt passé.
July 04, 2015
The bombed buildings, piles of rubble and their evocative shadows form a haunting backdrop to the outdoor scenes, particularly at night. ... Greene's talent for dialogue and suspense shine. [It] has more twists and turns than a rollercoaster.
July 03, 2015
It's an exciting experience, dazzling and entertaining and thought-provoking.
July 28, 2015
Welles was a still-ridiculously young 34 when he played Harry, but he was probably born sounding 56...
August 01, 2015
By the very nature of its settings and story, there are occasional reminiscences of Lang and Hitchcock, but there is nothing borrowed or imitated. Stylistically, The Third Man is Reed's most impressive film.
July 01, 2015
What really makes the film sing, though, isn't the jaunty and iconic zither score by Anton Karas. It's the film's groundbreaking visual aesthetic, which combines noir tropes with expressionism to create a visual wonderland of living shadows.
July 02, 2015
Reed and screenwriter Graham Greene let the story unfold slowly and deliberately, like the cigarette smoke that floats around the characters, and keep us guessing at every step.
June 23, 2015
The Third Man is a movie of sobering pleasures.
