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
Joseph Cotten
Holly Martins
Alida Valli
Anna Schmidt
Trevor Howard
Major Calloway
Orson Welles
Harry Lime
Paul Hörbiger
Karl the Porter
Ernst Deutsch
'Baron' Kurtz
Erich Ponto
Dr. Winkel
Siegfried Breuer
Popescu
Hedwig Bleibtreu
Anna's Landlady
Bernard Lee
Sergeant Paine
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Crabbin
Alexis Chesnakov
Col. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)
Thomas Gallagher
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Herbert Halbik
Hänsel the Little Boy with Ball (uncredited)
Hannah Norbert
Actress at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
Eric Pohlmann
Waiter at Smolka's (uncredited)
Carol Reed
UK Version's Opening Narrator (uncredited)
Annie Rosar
The Porter's Wife (uncredited)
Frederick Schrecker
Hansel's Father (uncredited)
Hugo Schuster
Waiter (uncredited)
Karl Stepanek
Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
Theodore Gottlieb
Man on Street (uncredited)
Jenny Werner
Dr. Winkel's Maid Hilde (uncredited)
Reed De Rouen
American Military Policeman(uncredited)
Geoffrey Keen
British Military Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Brown
Britush Military Policeman in Sewer Chase (uncredited)
Crew
John Hawkesworth
Assistant Set Designer
Joseph Bato
Assistant Set Designer
Carol Reed
Director, Producer
Graham Greene
Screenplay, Book
Oswald Hafenrichter
Editor
Peter Taylor
Assistant Editor
Robert Krasker
Director of Photography
Jack N. Green
Third Assistant Director
Guy Hamilton
Assistant Director
Alexander Korda
Executive Producer
David O. Selznick
Executive Producer
Hugh Perceval
Associate Producer
Edward Scaife
Camera Operator
Denys N. Coop
Camera Operator
Ivy Baker
Wardrobe Supervisor
Joe Shear
Hairdresser
George Frost
Makeup Artist
James Sawyer
Assistant Art Director
Ferdinand Bellan
Assistant Art Director
Jack Drake
Sound Editor
John Cox
Sound Supervisor
Red Law
Sound Recordist
Bert Ross
Sound Recordist
Anton Karas
Original Music Composer, Musician
Vincent Korda
Set Designer
Elizabeth Montagu
Technical Advisor
Peggy McClafferty
Continuity
John Wilcox
Additional Photography
Stanley Pavey
Additional Photography
T.S. Lyndon-Haynes
Production Manager
Noreen Best
Editorial Staff
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