In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
Joseph Cotten | Holly Martins | |
Alida Valli | Anna Schmidt | |
Orson Welles | Harry Lime | |
Trevor Howard | Maj. Calloway | |
Paul Hörbiger | Karl | |
Ernst Deutsch | Baron Kurtz | |
Erich Ponto | Dr. Winkel | |
Siegfried Breuer | Popescu | |
Hedwig Bleibtreu | Anna's Landlady | |
Bernard Lee | Sgt. Paine | |
Wilfrid Hyde-White | Crabbin | |
Nelly Arno | Kurtz's Mother | |
Jack Arrow | International Patrol A | |
Harold Ayer | Soldier | |
Harry Belcher | Man Chasing Holly | |
Leo Bieber | Casanova Barman | |
Paul Birch | Military Policeman | |
Martin Boddey | Russian Military Policeman | |
Madge Brindley | Guest at Casanova Bar | |
Robert Brown | British Military Policeman in Sewer Chase | |
Ray Browne | International Patrol B | |
Robin Burns | Man in Racetrack Bar | |
Paul Carpenter | International Patrol D | |
Marie-Louise Charlier | Stripper at Club | |
Alexis Chesnakov | Col. Brodsky |
Director | Carol Reed | |
Writer | Graham Greene, Orson Welles, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed | |
Producer | Alexander Korda, Hugh Perceval, Carol Reed, David O. Selznick | |
Musician | Anton Karas | |
Photography | Robert Krasker |