Monday, September 11, 2006

Third Man

The Third Man (1949)

A classic of the film noir genre set in post-WWII Vienna.

Dark, cynical, no happy ending.

Military police investigate black market racketeers peddling defective medicine.

Features a very dapper Orson Welles. His physical decline between this film and Touch of Evil is absolutely shocking.

The soundtrack of zither music is literally maddening.

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