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The Third Man
Summary: Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
Release Date: February 01, 1950
Director:
Carol Reed
Runtime: 1 h 33 min
MPAA: Approved
Production: London Film Productions
Distributor: Selznick Releasing Organization, Twentieth Century Fox, Rialto Pictures, Alpha Video Distributors, Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), Jef Films International, Lion International Films, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, StudioCanal International, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection
Language: English
Domestic: $ 1,067,364
International: $ 172,733
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