The Third Man

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.

• Graham GreeneScreenplay
• Carol ReedDirector
• Anton KarasOriginal Music Composer

• 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 ChesnakovCol. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)