The Third Man

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Joseph CottenHolly Martins

Alida ValliAnna Schmidt

Trevor HowardMajor Calloway

Orson WellesHarry Lime

Paul HörbigerKarl the Porter

Ernst Deutsch'Baron' Kurtz

Erich PontoDr. Winkel

Siegfried BreuerPopescu

Hedwig BleibtreuAnna's Landlady

Bernard LeeSergeant Paine

Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteCrabbin

Alexis Chesnakov

Alexis ChesnakovCol. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)