The Third Man is a film associated with 1949. Carol Reed’s postwar Vienna mystery is recognized for stark cinematography and an influential score.
For older cinema, theatrical reissues and translated titles can make the release history more complicated than a single date suggests.
Why The Third Man is in this movie guide
The film was selected during Zynovue’s historic-cinema coverage audit. Its place in film culture should not be confused with a live IMDb rank or a measured number of monthly Google searches.
Movie information
- Film: The Third Man
- Original release year: 1949
- Coverage: editorial shortlist of widely discussed or acclaimed films
- Guide type: film information and discovery (no video is hosted on this page)
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Editorial note
This is an original movie-information entry. Popularity and rating figures are intentionally omitted unless they can be independently verified.