FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
The Third Man
Scores
- IMDb8.1/10as of 2026-03-06
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer99%as of 2026-01-15
- Rotten Tomatoes average9.3/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic97/100as of 2026-01-15
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Genres
- Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Drama / Adventure
- Original language
- English
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