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.

Cast

Orson Welles as Harry Lime
Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins
Alida Valli (credited as Valli) as Anna Schmidt
Trevor Howard as Major Calloway
Paul Hörbiger as Karl, Lime's porter (credited as Paul Hoerbiger)
Ernst Deutsch as "Baron" Kurtz
Erich Ponto as Dr. Winkel
Siegfried Breuer as Popescu
Hedwig Bleibtreu as Anna's old landlady
Bernard Lee as Sergeant Paine
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Crabbin