The Third Man

[bednobs]

just watching this absolutely brill film.  They dont make them like that anymore, do they?

[DDIL]

There are a few films that in my opinion have the same panache as Third Man.

[New Judge]

Excellent film.

What always amazed me was that Antos Karas, who played the zither for the signature tune and the incidental music, was discovered by director Carol Reed playing in a bar in Vienna.

He brought him to London and made him director of music for the film, tasking him with writing the score for all the film's music.

[Canary42]

A superb film, with brilliant music score.

[Toorak]

It is great film - it shows every night in a cinema in Vienna 

[Barsel]

Which station is it on, can I watch it on Catch Up or is it on Netflix or one of the other channels I don't have?

[bednobs]

it was on bbc2 earlier, so probably onn iplayer barsel

[Toorak]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074qmr/the-third-man

 

if you have iplayer you can watch it here

[Peter Pedant]

He sees the third man - just outside Beethovens House - at the MelkSturm

( ning -  a ning-a-ning - ( zither music)

fave line:   Barl  - - -ooooon ? ( old man)

[perseverer]

If you are old enough you may remember a tv series adaption from the 60s starring Michael Rennie as Harry Lime  which was not very faithful to the original, shall we say.

[Barsel]

Thanks for telling me where to watch it.

Made in 1949. I bet some of you weren't even born then. 😀

 

[Barsel]

Interesting story New Judge.

[jno]

the line that all Swiss brotherly love, democracy and peace produced was the cuckoo clock was improvised by Orson Welles, and was wrong.