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The Third Man, UK film (1949), directed by Carol Reed, from the story by Graham Greene. An unintelligent but tenacious writer of Westerns (Joseph Cotten) arrives in post war Vienna to join his old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles), who seems to have met with an accident ... or has he? Also starts Trevor Howard and Alida Valli. This film was voted number one in the British Film Institute/BBC top 100 British films of the Century.

Subcategories

• Cotten, Joseph
• Howard, Trevor
• Reed, Carol
• Welles, Orson

Resources in This Category

• About.com: The Third Man

  http://homevideo.about.com/library/weekly/aa091201a.htm
  Review by Ivana Redwine.

• Classic Movies: The Third Man

  http://auschwitz.dk/Orson.htm
  Review, pictures, credits, and award list.

• Crazy for Cinema: Review

  http://crazy4cinema.com/Review/FilmsT/f_3rdman.html
  Offers a review, cast list, and links.

• Greatest Films: The Third Man

  http://www.filmsite.org/thir.html
  Detailed review, synopsis and discussion of thematic elements in the film

• Guardian Unlimited Film: Carol Reed: The Third Man

  http://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/mar/16/1
  Feature on the film described as 'probably the best film noir ever made out of Britain'.

• IMDb: The Third Man

  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041959/
  Cast/credits plus other information about the film

• TV Guide Online: Third Man, The

  http://www.tvguide.com/movies/man/111220/
  Movie review, plot synopsis, cast/crew information and picture.

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• Home > Arts > Movies > Genres > Drama
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