Carol reed's celebrated british noir the third man is widely regarded as 'the greatest british film of all time''. '.strtoupper('b')rilliantly scripted by graham greene and set to anton karas' evocative zither score, this justly celebrated classic is further enhanced by robert krasker's academy award® winning cinematography and orson welles in one of his most iconic screen roles.holly martins joseph cotten, citizen kane, a naive writer of pulp westerns, arrives in vienna to meet his old friend harry lime the incomparable orson welles but finds that lime has apparently been killed in a suspicious accident'. '.strtoupper('m')artins, too curious for his own good, hears contradictory stories about the circumstances of lime's death and as witnesses disappear he finds himself chased by unknown assailants'. '.strtoupper('c')omplicating matters are the sardonic major calloway trevor howard, brief encounter, head of the british forces, and lime's stage actress mistress, anna schmidt alida valli'. '.strtoupper('w')ill martins' curiosity lead him to discover things about his old friend that he'd rather not know?new noreen ackland on saving the third man excerpt from behp audio interviewthe third man a filmmaker's influencerestoring the third manaudio commentary with guy hamilton, simon callow angela allenjoseph cotten's alternate opening voiceover narrationthe third man interactive vienna tourthe third man on the radiointerview zither performance by cornelia mayershadowing the third manguardian nft interview joseph cotten audio onlyguardian nft interview graham greene audio onlybehind the scenes stills gallerytrailer