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Trailer
Third Man, The
1949
Who was Harry Lime? And who killed him? And is he really dead? These are just a few of the questions writer-turned-sleuth Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) tries to answer as he trolls the shadowy streets of postwar Vienna. Director Carol Reed turns Graham Greene's classic mystery into a film noir without equal. You'll be humming the zither theme for weeks!
Carol Reed's Classic Thriller
JBscale
95
Superior
Film Detail
Genre
Thriller
- Mystery
Length
1 hr. 44 mins.
US Theatrical Release
February 2, 1950
US Box Office
$596,349
(#6239 of 7378)
Global Office
No Data Available
Rating
NR
Not Rated
Collection Detail
Edition
3-Disc StudioCanal Collection & Special Edition Criterion Collection #64 DVD & Digital
Resolution | Digital Platform
iTunes
Aspect Ratio
FS 1.33:1
Audio
English:
DTS-HD Master Mono
English:
DD 1.0
Studio
Lions Gate Films
Released
September 21, 2010
Acquired Date
June 27, 2014
Times Seen
1 Time
Last Watched
August 19, 2007
Actors
Joseph Cotten
Alida Valli
Trevor Howard
Orson Welles
Bernard Lee
Paul Höbiger
Ernst Deutsch
Siegfried Breuer
Erich Ponto
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Hedwig Bleibtreu
Directors
Carol Reed
Producers
Carol Reed
Alexander Korda
David O. Selznick
Writers
Graham Greene (II)
Awards & Accolades
1950 Oscar : Cinematography
1997 AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies - Rank: #57
2008 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #46
2009 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #55
2010 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #65
2011 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #68
2012 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #68
2013 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #91
2018 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #133
2019 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #170
2022 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #185
Special Features
Commentaries
film scholar Dana Polan
filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Tony Gilroy
Documentaries
Shadowing "The Third Man" - a ninety-minute feature documentary on the making of the film
Who Was the Third Man? - a thirty-minute Austrian documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew
Other
Illustrated production history with rare behind-the-scenes photos, original UK press book, and U.S. trailer
A look at the untranslated foreign dialogue in the film
Abridged recording of Graham Greene?s treatment, read by actor Richard Clarke
Actor Joseph Cotten?s alternate opening voice-over narration for the U.S. version
Archival footage of postwar Vienna
Booklet featuring essays by Luc Sante, Charles Drazin, and Philip Kerr
English Subtitles
Graham Greene: The Hunted Man - an hour-long, 1968 episode of the BBC's Omnibus series
The Third Man on the radio - the 1951 ?A Ticket to Tangiers? episode of The Lives of Harry Lime series, written and performed by Orson Welles; and the 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Third Man
Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich
Audio Commentary
Featurettes
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84 Excellent
1965
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82 Excellent
1945
82
82 Excellent
1966
User Reviews
12.18.2008 by malummox (8/10)
8.19.2007 by biglummox (10/10)
Ratings
JB Users
90
Superior
99%
Tomatometer
95 votes
93%
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3,387 votes
METASCORE
97
30 votes
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
187,531 votes
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