El tercer hombre

Vienna streets, postwar shadows, a zither's lament. A writer of cheap novels and a dead friend's lover collide, a suspicious death and a mysterious third presence. Carol Reed frames a morally complex world.

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Carol Reed directed El tercer hombre in 1949. See Carol Reed's full filmography, where to start with Carol Reed, or where to go after you've seen everything by Carol Reed.

El tercer hombre was released in 1949 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 105 minutes.