The Third Man represents a milestone in British cinema; the collaboration between Graham Greene, the director Carol Reed, and Orson Welles who plays Harry Lime, created an impact which has never lost its force.The film tells the story of Holly Martins, a Canadian writer who travels to partitioned po
The Third Man
β Scribed by Graham Greene
- Publisher
- ePubLibre
- Year
- 1949
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Rollo Martinsβ usual line is the writing of cheap paperback Westerns under the name of Buck Dexter. But when his old friend Harry Lime invites him to Vienna, he jumps at the chance. With exactly five pounds in his pocket, he arrives only just in time to make it to his friendβs funeral. The victim of an apparently banal street accident, the late Mr Lime, it seems, had been the focus of a criminal investigation, suspected of nothing less than being βthe worst racketeer who ever made a dirty living in this city.β Martins is determined to clear his friendβs name, and begins an investigation of his ownβ¦
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