Our screening on Sunday 4 September will be followed by a q&a with Angela Allen, who worked as script supervisor on The Third Man. Allen’s illustrious career as a script supervisor spanned six decades, and includes collaborations some of cinema’s most notable filmmakers, including John Huston, Robert Aldrich, Franco Zeffirelli, and Jim Henson.

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. Thanks to brilliant performances by Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, and Orson Welles; Anton Karas's evocative zither score; Graham Greene’s razor-sharp dialogue; and Robert Krasker’s dramatic use of light and shadow, The Third Man, directed by the inimitable Carol Reed, only grows in stature as the years pass.

Cast:
Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard