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Thanks to brilliant performances by Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, and Orson Welles; Anton Karas's evocative zither score; Graham Greene’s razor-sharp dialogue; and Robert Krasker’s dramatic use of light and shadow, The Third Man, directed by the inimitable Carol Reed, only grows in stature as the years pass.
Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), and The Third Man (1949). He won the Palme d'Or for The Third Man and the 1968 Academy Award for Best Director for Oliver!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carol Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Mar 21, 2003 · April 25, 1976, London, England. Born December 30, 1906 in London, British director Sir Carol Reed was the second son of the actor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress May Pinney. Following a public school education, Reed made his theatrical debut in 1924. He joined Edgar Wallace’s troupe and acted in several plays, later overseeing ...
Marlon Brando is mutineer Fletcher Christian in the Technicolor, Ultra-Panavision version of (1962). Actor. Featured in "Oliver!". Reed began his film career in 1927 as an assistant to Edgar Wallace at British Lion films, supervising the adaptation of Wallace's works into film. After a spell as dialogue director and assistant director for Basil ...
Best Carol Reed Films. Carol Reed’s films are known for their intricate plots, complex characters, and exploration of deep themes. They are must-watch films for anyone interested in the art of cinema. 1. The Third Man (1949) “The Third Man” is a classic film noir directed by Carol Reed and released in 1949.
The Fallen Idol was the first of three masterpieces to result from the legendary meeting of director Carol Reed and writer Graham Greene, who together would also create The Third Man and Our Man in Havana. Elegantly balancing suspense and farce, this tale of the fraught relationship between a boy and the beloved butler he suspects of murder is a delightfully macabre thriller of the first order ...
During World War II, successive tugboat British Captains sent on dangerous salvage missions pass-on the key to a home-port apartment, where a lonely Swiss-Italian young war-widow lives. Director Carol Reed Stars William Holden Sophia Loren Trevor Howard. 24. Our Man in Havana. 1959 1h 51m Not Rated.
