Film

The Third Man 1949

Directed by Carol Reed

  • Thriller, Mystery
  • 105 min
  • NR

Rotten Tomatoes99%Metacritic97

Hunted by men ... Sought by WOMEN!

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

ThrillerMysterystaged deathblack marketcemeteryinvestigationsoviet militarypraterbritish armyaustriacover-upfilm noirblack and whitefoot chase

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Meticulous, grave, bleak and prestige.

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  • gravecomic
  • warmbleak
  • unpretentiousprestige
  • character-ledplot-driven

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