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- BFI identifier47985
- Date1949 (Copyright)
1949-10-03 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisStory of an American writer who goes to Vienna just after the Second World War and tries to track down people who knew his friend, Harry Lime - a racketeer who has supposedly been killed in a street accident. His death seems shrouded in mystery which Martins is determined to solve, and the authorities also become interested since they had been after Lime for his black market activities. (Synopsis)
- Work historyCast and credit information in the opening titles differed between the original British and American prints. Those in the cast and credits in this record are as per the British version. The following are the differences to be found on US prints. Only six cast members are cited, in the following order: Joseph Cotten, Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Ernst Deutsch The following credits are omitted from US prints: T.S. Lyndon-Haynes (Production Manager), Peggy McClafferty (Continuity), E. Scaife and Denys Coop (Camera Operators), Peter Taylor (Assembly Cutter), John Hawkesworth and Joseph Bato (Sets Designed with), Ferdinand Bellan and James Sawyer (Assistant Art Director), Ivy Baker (Wardrobe), George Frost (Make-up), J. Shear (Hairdressing), Jack Drake (Sound Editor), Elizabeth Montagu (Austrian Advisor), and London Film Studios Shepperton.
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- CreditsDirected by: Carol Reed
©: London Film Productions Ltd.
a London Film production: London Film Productions
view all - CastCarol Reed ([Prologue Narrator])
Joseph Cotten ([Prologue Narrator (US Version)])
Joseph Cotten (Holly Martins)
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Title
The Third Man (Original)
The 3rd Man (Help search)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/347C-43EF-B954-0199-9060-HCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Treatment marked 'Original short story before the film' , 2 March - 24 April 1948. - SCR-6005
Script - Original story: Graham Greene - SCR-17288
Script - Original story: Graham Greene - SCR-17289
Script - Script type: Treatment 'The Third Man by Grahm Greene', annotated by Greene. - SCR-20128
Script - Script type: Release Dialogue Script Of American Version - SCR-20129
See CAROL REED Collection (Items 4 - 8 & 28 - 30), and LONDON FILM PRODUCTIONS Collection (Item A/020). Medium pressbook held.
view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Single Sheet, portrait format, German language version - PD-1086
Poster: film - USA Single Sheet, small landscape. Copyright Selznik Pictures Corporation. - PD-1087
Poster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-1088
Poster: film - Single Sheet, portrait format, German language version - PD-16639
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-uua
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view all - ArticlesAmerican Cinematographer v88 n9 September 2007 - DVD ReviewEmpire n197 November 2005 - ArticleLiterature/Film Quarterly v28 n1 2000 - ArticleFilm Comment v35 n5 Sep/Oct 1999 - ArticleFilm Industry v6 n41 10 Feb 1949 - Credits, Prod. Detailsview all
- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank programme notes June 2015
BFI Southbank Programme Notes September 2019
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
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Work - 47985 - 1949 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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