{"id":38331,"date":"2025-02-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38331"},"modified":"2025-02-10T22:02:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T03:02:40","slug":"the-third-man-1949-written-by-graham-greene-directed-by-carol-reed-starring-orson-welles-and-joseph-cotten-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38331","title":{"rendered":"“The Third Man” (1949) written by Graham Greene; directed by Carol Reed; starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Third Man <\/i>(1949)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director:\u00a0 Carol Reed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay: Graham Greene<\/strong>
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Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Paul Birch, Martin Boddey <\/strong>and Bernard Lee<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tagline:\u00a0 HUNTED…By a thousand men! Haunted…By a lovely girl!<\/em><\/p>\n

The Plot…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

World War 2 is over.\u00a0 Vienna is divided into five occupation zones\u2014one zone for each of the Allied powers and one international zone.\u00a0 The black market thrives.<\/p>\n

Holly Martins (Cotten) comes to Allied-occupied Vienna.\u00a0 Martins has been promised a job by his good friend, Harry Lime (Welles).\u00a0 Martins is shocked to learn that Harry was killed crossing the street when he was hit by a car.\u00a0 Still reeling from the news, Martins attends Harry’s funeral.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, Martins talks to different people and their stories don’t add up.\u00a0 Martins then goes to the Allied Authority,\u00a0Major Calloway (Howard) and demands an investigation into Harry’s death.\u00a0 Major Calloway informs Martins that Harry Lime was involved in the black market.\u00a0 Lime was behind the theft of penicillin from military hospitals.\u00a0 Lime diluted the medicine until it had to curative effect.\u00a0 Lime then sold it on the black market at outrageous prices.\u00a0 Because of the dilution, dozens of people, many children died.\u00a0 If Lime had lived he was about to be arrested.<\/p>\n

At first Martins doesn’t believe Major Calloway… but the evidence is there.\u00a0 His childhood friend, Harry Lime had become a despicable person responsible for the death of many including little children.\u00a0 That night as Martins walks a deserted street across the way he sees Harry Lime.\u00a0 Martins calls out, but Harry runs away.<\/p>\n

Determined to get to the bottom of this Martins makes it his mission to find Harry… even if it kills him.<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Third Man<\/em> was nominated for three 1951 Academy Awards<\/em> and won one…<\/p>\n