
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.

Joseph Cotten
Holly Martins

Alida Valli
Anna Schmidt

Trevor Howard
Major Calloway

Orson Welles
Harry Lime

Paul Hörbiger
Karl the Porter

Ernst Deutsch
'Baron' Kurtz

Erich Ponto
Dr. Winkel

Siegfried Breuer
Popescu

Hedwig Bleibtreu
Anna's Landlady

Bernard Lee
Sergeant Paine

Wilfrid Hyde-White
Crabbin
Alexis Chesnakov
Col. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)

Psycho
Psycho

Blackmail
Blackmail

Rashomon
Rashomon

The Ring
The Ring

The Ninth Gate
The Ninth Gate

The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights

Angel Heart
Angel Heart

Murder Most Foul
Murder Most Foul

Murder Ahoy
Murder Ahoy

Solaris
Solaris

Out of the Past
Out of the Past

Diabolique
Diabolique