The Third Man

Genre: Mystery

Worldwide gross$1.2M

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 led 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 died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Lime's friends and associates Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime.

🏆 Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 4 nominations total

Genres

Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

Director

Carol Reed

Cast

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli

Released

1 February 1950

Runtime

1h 44m

Certificate

Approved

IMDb rating

8.1 / 10

Votes

193,556

Metascore

97

Rotten Tomatoes

99%

Box office

$1,067,364

Edition

Base