MOVIE SYNOPSIS


Carol REED - The Third Man

RELEASE DATE 1949

CAST Orson Welles (Harry Lime), Joseph Cotten (Holly Martins), Alida Valli (Anna Schmidt)

GENRE film noir - mystery - thriller

RUNNING TIME 104 mn

DIRECTOR Carol Reed

SCREENPLAY Graham Greene and Alexander Corda

SYNOPSIS
An out of work pulp fiction* novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided into sectors by the victorious allies, and where a shortage of supplies has lead to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. From talking to Lime's friends and associates Martins soon notices that some of the stories are inconsistent, and determines to discover what really happened to Harry Lime.

(note : * pulp fiction roman de gare)



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