---
title: 'The Third Man (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Carol Reed'
released: '1949-09-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-third-man-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041959/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Third Man (1949)

1949 · 104 min · Drama, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Third Man is a 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles and Trevor Howard. Set in post-World War II Allied-occupied Vienna, the film centres on American writer Holly Martins (Cotten), who arrives in the city to accept a job with his friend Harry Lime (Welles), only to learn that he has died. Martins stays in Vienna to investigate Lime's death, becoming infatuated with Lime's girlfriend Anna Schmidt (Valli).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Carol Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-reed)
- **Producer:** [Carol Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-reed), [Alexander Korda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-korda), [David O. Selznick](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-o-selznick)
- **Screenplay:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles), [Alexander Korda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-korda), [Graham Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/graham-greene)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Anton Karas](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-karas)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Krasker](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-krasker)
- **Editor:** [Oswald Hafenrichter](https://cinepixo.com/people/oswald-hafenrichter)

## Cast

- [Joseph Cotten](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-cotten)
- [Robert Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-brown)
- [Martin Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-miller)
- [Trevor Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-howard)
- [Carol Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-reed)
- [Paul Hörbiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-horbiger)
- [Alida Valli](https://cinepixo.com/people/alida-valli)
- [Annie Rosar](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-rosar)
- [Wilfrid Hyde-White](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfrid-hyde-white)
- [Bernard Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-lee)
- [Hedwig Bleibtreu](https://cinepixo.com/people/hedwig-bleibtreu)
- [Geoffrey Keen](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-keen)
- [Erich Ponto](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-ponto)
- [Helga Michie](https://cinepixo.com/people/helga-michie)
- [Ernst Deutsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-deutsch)

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