TY - ADVS AU - Reed, Carol. AU - Nelly,Arno AU - Leo Bieber AU - Hedwig Bleibtreu AU - Martin Boddey AU - Siegfried Breuer TI - The Third Man SN - B000NOK0GM AV - DVD 005957 PY - 1949/// CY - UK PB - Criterion Collection KW - Drama KW - Mystery N2 - Cynical pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy postwar Vienna only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend black-market opportunist Harry Lime and thus begins this legendary tale of love deception and murder. Thanks to brilliant performances by Joseph Cotten Alida Valli and Orson Welles; Anton Karas's evocative zither score; Graham Greene's razor-sharp dialogue; and Robert Krasker's haunting deep focus shots off-kilter angles and dramatic use of light and shadow The Third Man directed by the inimitable Carol Reed only grows in stature as the years pass. ER -