The Third Man (1949)

One of my favorite movies is The Third Man. In the film, an American writer (Joseph Cotten) tries to unravel his friend's mysterious death in a corrupt post-WWII Vienna run by all four Allied forces. The friend, named "Harry Lime", is played by Orson Welles.

This is one of those movies where I always seem to forget how it ends and what becomes of Harry Lime.

This movie always gets better and better every time I watch it.

I never owned a copy of the film, so recently I purchased the film on Blu Ray from my local Barnes and Nobles. It comes with a terrific commentary and is loaded with special features. My favorite is the short documentary about the real Third Man Museum in Vienna. Not surprising, most of the visitors who attend are Americans.

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