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THE THIRD MAN

Special Features: 4K Restoration | Intro by Silver Spring-based author, producer and screenwriter George Pelecanos on March 27

An American pulp novelist in postwar Vienna finds himself enmeshed in the hunt for an old friend, now a notorious black marketeer. Carol Reed's exemplary thriller, often cited as one of the greatest films ever made, and cinema's most vivid example of "high noir" style, stars Joseph Cotten as the innocent American abroad, Holly Martins; Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt, the woman who might lead Martins to his mysterious friend; Trevor Howard as Major Calloway, whose jurisdiction of the occupied city includes the part where Martins keeps getting himself into trouble; and Orson Welles as the mysterious Harry Lime. Winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes and #1 on the British Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest British movies of the 20th century. DIR/PROD Carol Reed; SCR Graham Greene. UK, 1949, b&w, 104 min. NOT RATED

Run Time: 104 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, March 27, 2026

Genre: Film noir

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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
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