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  1. Dec 8, 1996 · "The Third Man" reflects the optimism of Americans and the bone-weariness of Europe after the war. It's a story about grownups and children: Adults like Calloway, who has seen at first hand the results of Lime's crimes, and children like the trusting Holly, who believes in the simplified good and evil of his Western novels.

  2. The Third Man is a 1949 British FILM NOlR directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Set in postwar Vienna, the film centres on American Holly Martins (Cotten), who arrives in the city to accept a job with his friend Harry Lime (Welles), only to learn that Lime has ...

  3. Driven to investigate Lime's death, Martins soon discovers incredible dark secrets about Lime's life and death. — trivwhiz. In the post-Second World War, the unemployed pulp fiction writer Holly Martins arrives in Vienna to meet with his old friend from school, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job.

  4. Aug 3, 2015 · The story features an evil, charismatic anti-hero who fakes his own death and makes his home in a Viennese sewer, and ends with its dull, perplexed leading man being silently snubbed by the...

  5. The Third Man. Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime—and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder.

  6. Brief Synopsis. A man's investigation of a friend's death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna. Cast & Crew. Read More. Carol Reed. Director. Joseph Cotten. Holly Martins. Alida Valli. Anna [Schmidt] Orson Welles. Harry Lime. Trevor Howard. Major Calloway. Bernard Lee. Sergeant Paine. Photos & Videos. View All. The Third Man - Pressbook.

  7. 180M subscribers. ...more. In 1949, an American writer of westerns, Holly Martins, arrives in post-war Vienna to visit his old friend Harry Lime. On arrival, he learns that his friend ...

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