| Other author/creator | Reed, Carol, 1906-1976, producer, director. |
| Other author/creator | Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956 producer. |
| Other author/creator | Selznick, David O., 1902-1965 producer. |
| Other author/creator | Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 screenwriter. |
| Other author/creator | Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Valli, Alida, 1921-2006 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Deutsch, Ernst, 1890-1969, actor. |
| Other author/creator | HoĢrbiger, Paul, 1894-1981, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Ponto, Erich, 1884-1957, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Breuer, Siegfried, 1906-1954, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Lee, Bernard, 1908-1981, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Hyde-White, Wilfrid actor. |
| Other author/creator | Bleibtreu, Hedwig, 1868-1958, actor. |
| Other author/creator | London Film Productions. |
| Other author/creator | British Lion Films. |
| Other author/creator | Criterion Collection (Firm) |
| Uniform title | Third man (Motion picture) |
| Variant title |
Title on container: Carol Reed's The third man |
| Series | The Criterion collection ; 64 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 64. ^A506835 |
| Contents |
Disc 1: The film (104 min.) -- Disc 2: The supplements. |
| Abstract |
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. |
| General note | Originally released as a motion picture in 1949. |
| General note | Special features: Disc 1: Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich; 2 audio commentaries: one by filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Tony Gilroy and one by film scholar Dana Polan; abridged recording of Graham Greene's treatment, read by actor Richard Clarke ; Disc 2: "Shadowing The third man" (2005): a 90-min. feature documentary on the making of the film; "Graham Greene: the hunted man": an hour-long, 1968 episode of the BBC's Omnibus series, featuring a rare interview with the novelist; "Who was the third man?" (2000): a 30-min. Austrian documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew; The third man on the radio: the 1951 "A ticket to Tangiers" episode of the series The lives of Harry Lime, written and performed by Orson Welles, and the 1951 Lux radio theatre adaptation of The third man; illustrated production history with rare behind-the-scenes photos, original UK press book, and U.S. trailer; actor Joseph Cotten's alternate opening voice-over narration for the U.S. version; archival footage of postwar Vienna; a look at the untranslated foreign dialogue in the film ; plus, a booklet featuring essays by Luc Sante, Charles Drazin, and Philip Kerr. |
| Credits | Photography, Robert Krasker ; editor, Oswald Hafenrichter ; music, Anton Karas ; set designer, Vincent Korda. |
| Cast |
Joseph Cotten, Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Ernst Deutsch, Paul Hoerbiger, Erich Ponto, Siegfried Breuer, Bernard Lee, Wilfred Hyde-White, Hedwig Bleibtreu. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
| Awards note | Academy Awards, 1951: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Other title | Shadowing The third man. |
| Other title | Graham Greene, the hunted man. |
| Other title | Who was the third man? |
| ISBN | 1934121452 |
| ISBN | 9781934121450 |
| UPC |
715515023429 |
| Publisher number | CC1690D Criterion Collection |
| Stock number | Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com |