Who is the third man in The Third Man?

Who is the third who walks always beside you? When I count, there are only you and I together. But when I look ahead up the white road. There is always another one walking beside you … T.S. Eliot, 'The Waste Land'. The Third Man (1949) is one of the most satisfying films ever made. read more

The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene. It stars Joseph Cotten, Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. The film takes place in post-World War II Vienna. read more

Harry Lime was the third man. Lime was represented as the victim by the two men claimed to have carried him off off,"Baron" Kurtz and Popescu. Dr. Winkel corroborated this conspiratorial story. An independent witness, the porter, reported a third man at the incident scene, who ultimately turned out to be Lime. read more

Harry Lime himself! He had someone else killed by"an auto accident" and buried in his place so to divert his pursuers. Lime was one of the three people at the"accident", the"third man" of the title. read more