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.
The Third Man cast
Joseph Cotten
Character:
Holly Martins
Alida Valli
Character:
Anna Schmidt
Trevor Howard
Character:
Major Calloway
Orson Welles
Character:
Harry Lime
Paul Hörbiger
Character:
Karl the Porter
Ernst Deutsch
Character:
'Baron' Kurtz
Erich Ponto
Character:
Dr. Winkel
Siegfried Breuer
Character:
Popescu
Hedwig Bleibtreu
Character:
Anna's Landlady
Bernard Lee
Character:
Sergeant Paine
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Character:
Crabbin
Alexis Chesnakov
Character:
Col. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)
Thomas Gallagher
Character:
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Herbert Halbik
Character:
Hänsel the Little Boy with Ball (uncredited)
Hannah Norbert
Character:
Actress at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
Eric Pohlmann
Character:
Waiter at Smolka's (uncredited)
Carol Reed
Character:
UK Version's Opening Narrator (uncredited)
Annie Rosar
Character:
The Porter's Wife (uncredited)
Frederick Schrecker
Character:
Hansel's Father (uncredited)
Hugo Schuster
Character:
Waiter (uncredited)
Karl Stepanek
Character:
Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
Theodore Gottlieb
Character:
Man on Street (uncredited)
Jenny Werner
Character:
Dr. Winkel's Maid Hilde (uncredited)
Reed De Rouen
Character:
American Military Policeman(uncredited)
Geoffrey Keen
Character:
British Military Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Brown
Character:
Britush Military Policeman in Sewer Chase (uncredited)