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Jan 7, 2022 · Holly Martins (Cotten), a penniless writer of pulpy western novels, arrives in the divided city of Vienna on the promise of a job with his old friend Harry Lime (Welles). He's 10 minutes too late ...
Aug 3, 2015 · Then there’s Orson Welles as Harry Lime, leader of the gang peddling adulterated penicillin in Vienna. He dominates the film both by his presence and his absence.
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-war 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 died.
- £277,549 (UK) (equivalent to £10,432,000 in 2021)
- Anton Karas
- 1 September 1949 (United Kingdom)
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Feb 27, 2013 · Philby could have watched The Third Man and seen his own story, at least metaphorically so, and the sense that Harry Lime represents somebody actual (the specifics of the penicillin racket help suggest it) haunts the film. But there is another story of a third man.
Dec 6, 2019 · Logline: The broke writer Holly Martins investigates the mysterious death of his friend, Harry Lime, in postwar Vienna, but uncovering the uncomfortable truth threatens to entangle him in shadowy black market dealings.
Jan 3, 2021 · Leigh Turner. Who is Harry Lime? The antihero of “The Third Man” embodies evil – and charisma. Why does the beautiful Anna fall under his spell? Find out in my short story “You will have to watch the movie”. An Austrian magazine asked me to highlight what made The Third Man one of the best movies on earth. “The Third Man”: the key question.
Jan 25, 2023 · Annoyed by Martins poking his nose in, Calloway reveals that Lime was selling diluted stolen penicillin on the black market, causing the death of many sick children.
