Cast/credits plus other information about the film The absolute in spy classics, and Carol Reed's best directorial effort, The Third Man remains one of the most interesting and politically driven films of all times. The Third Man - Search for movie plot, trailers, cast and crew, photos, reviews, and tickets online at Moviefone The Third Man (1949) Quotes on IMDb: Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, TV series and more. The Third Man (1949) is a visually-stylish thriller - a paranoid story of social, economic, and moral corruption in a depressed, rotting and crumbling, 20th. The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir, directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles and Trevor Howard. It is considered one of the. Has there ever been a film where the music more perfectly suited the action than in Carol Reed's The Third Man ? The score was performed on a zither by Anton Karas. Overview of The Third Man, 1949, directed by Carol Reed, with Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, at Turner Classic Movies The Third Man: The One and Only.. By Luc Sante December 16, 2008 The Third Man (1949) is one of that handful of motion pictures (Rashomon, Casablanca. Though the modern title sequence would not emerge until several years later, the main titles for Carol Reed’s 1949 film noir The Third Man remain one of the more.