The Third Man (Blu-ray)

Directed by Carol Reed

Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Hedwig Bleibtreu, Sigfried Breuer, Ernst Deutsch, Paul Hoerbiger, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Geoffrey Keen, Erich Ponton, Annie Rosar

Contributors: Alexander Korda, Anton Karas, Graham Greene, Robert Krasker

Studio: StudioCanal
Main Language:
English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 16 Jun 2025
Originally Issued: 1949
No of Discs: 1
Weight: 90g
Dimensions: 135 x 15 x 171 (mm)
Genre: Classic
BBFC Cert: (PG) Parental Guidance.
Rental/Retail: Retail/Rental
Run Time: 100 minutes

Description

Classic thriller starring Orson Welles in which an author investigates the death of a friend in post-World War II Vienna. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), a pulp Western writer, arrives in the Austrian capital expecting to take up a job with his old acquaintance Harry Lime (Welles). When he is informed that Lime died a week previously in a car accident, Martins is intrigued by inconsistencies in the accounts of the death and decides that he can't leave the city without investigating further.

As a consequence, he finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue as he searches for the elusive 'third man' who was at the scene of Lime's death. When the head of the local military police, Major Calloway (Trevor Howard), informs him that Lime was involved in black market drug distribution, the plot thickens even further...

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Behind The Scenes
• Interviews: Guardian NFT interviews: Grahame Greene (writer - audio only); Joseph Cotten (actor - audio only); Cornelia Mayer (plus zither performance)
• Commentary: Guy Hamilton, Simon Callow and Angela Allen
• Other Documentary: 'Shadowing 'The Third Man''; 'Restoring 'The Third Man''; ''The Third Man' - A Filmmaker's Influence'; ''The Third Man' On the Radio'