The Third Man

Released Year: 1949

Certificate: Approved

Runtime: 104 minutes

Genre: Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 97

Director: Carol Reed

Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard

No of Votes: 158731

Gross: 449191

Overview: Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.

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