El escritor de novelas pulp Holly Martins viaja a la sombría Viena de la posguerra para investigar la misteriosa muerte de un viejo amigo, Harry Lime.El escritor de novelas pulp Holly Martins viaja a la sombría Viena de la posguerra para investigar la misteriosa muerte de un viejo amigo, Harry Lime.El escritor de novelas pulp Holly Martins viaja a la sombría Viena de la posguerra para investigar la misteriosa muerte de un viejo amigo, Harry Lime.
- Ganó 1 premio Óscar
- 5 premios y 4 nominaciones en total
- Anna Schmidt
- (as Valli)
- Karl
- (as Paul Hoerbiger)
- Kurtz's Mother
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- International Patrol A
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- Soldier
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- Man Chasing Holly
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- Casanova Barman
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- Russian Military Policeman
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- CuriosidadesThe Vienna Police Dept. has a special unit that is assigned solely to patrol the city's intricate sewer system, as its network of interlocking tunnels make great hiding places for criminals on the run from the law, stolen property, drugs, etc. The "actors" playing police officers in the film were actually off-duty members of that unit.
- PifiasIn the two separate back projection shots of Calloway, Martins and Paine, supposedly traveling in a jeep at night in Vienna, a double-decker London bus can be seen in the background.
- Citas
Harry Lime: Don't be so gloomy. After all, it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long, Holly.
- Créditos adicionalesOpening credits prologue: V I E N N A
- Versiones alternativasThe UK version features introductory voice-over by the director Carol Reed; in the US version Joseph Cotten provides the voice-over, as his character Holly Martins. The UK version runs 104 minutes, versus the US version at 93 minutes, which was cut by producer David O. Selznick to give the film a tighter pace. Both versions have been released on video in the U.S., but as of today the most common is the longer British cut. A video comparison between the narrations appears on the U.S. Criterion Collection DVD.
- ConexionesEdited into American Cinema: Film Noir (1995)
In the story our protagonist (Joseph Cotten), a writer, travels to Vienna a city still recovering from the effects of the war, now divided into separate zones.
Our protagonist has come to attend the funeral of his charismatic friend, who was seemingly killed in an accident. However something doesn't seem right and foul play it soon suspected. An alluring young woman is introduced (Alida Valli) who herself has secrets she wishes to keep. A web of lies and corruption begin to unravel and our hero must make a choice about how loyal he can remain to his old friend.
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- Fecha de lanzamiento
- Países de origen
- Sitio oficial
- Idiomas
- Títulos en diferentes países
- El tercer home
- Localizaciones del rodaje
- 8 Schreyvogelgasse, Viena, Austria(doorway where Harry Lime first appears)
- Empresa productora
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- Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
- 1.067.364 US$
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- 13.576 US$
- 9 may 1999
- Recaudación en todo el mundo
- 1.406.393 US$
- Duración1 hora 44 minutos
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.37 : 1