The Third Man (1949)

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.

Carol Reed

Alexander Korda Carol Reed Graham Greene

Alida Valli Bernard Lee Erich Ponto Ernst Deutsch Harold Ayer Harry Belcher Hedwig Bleibtreu Jack Arrow Joseph Cotten Leo Bieber Martin Boddey Nelly Arno Orson Welles Paul Birch Paul Hörbiger Siegfried Breuer Trevor Howard Wilfrid Hyde-White