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title: "The Third Man: cast and crew"
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cast: 27
crew: 32
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# The Third Man (1949): cast and crew

27 cast and 32 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Joseph Cotten](https://film.one/person/joseph-cotten.md) as Holly Martins
- [Alida Valli](https://film.one/person/alida-valli.md) as Anna Schmidt
- [Trevor Howard](https://film.one/person/trevor-howard.md) as Major Calloway
- [Orson Welles](https://film.one/person/orson-welles.md) as Harry Lime
- [Paul Hörbiger](https://film.one/person/paul-horbiger.md) as Karl the Porter
- [Ernst Deutsch](https://film.one/person/ernst-deutsch.md) as 'Baron' Kurtz
- [Erich Ponto](https://film.one/person/erich-ponto.md) as Dr. Winkel
- [Siegfried Breuer](https://film.one/person/siegfried-breuer.md) as Popescu
- [Hedwig Bleibtreu](https://film.one/person/hedwig-bleibtreu.md) as Anna's Landlady
- [Bernard Lee](https://film.one/person/bernard-lee.md) as Sergeant Paine
- [Wilfrid Hyde-White](https://film.one/person/wilfrid-hyde-white.md) as Crabbin
- [Alexis Chesnakov](https://film.one/person/alexis-chesnakov.md) as Col. Brodsky the Russian Liaison Officer (uncredited)
- Thomas Gallagher as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Herbert Halbik as Hänsel the Little Boy with Ball (uncredited)
- Hannah Norbert as Actress at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
- Eric Pohlmann as Waiter at Smolka's (uncredited)
- [Carol Reed](https://film.one/person/carol-reed.md) as UK Version's Opening Narrator (uncredited)
- Annie Rosar as The Porter's Wife (uncredited)
- Frederick Schrecker as Hansel's Father (uncredited)
- Hugo Schuster as Waiter (uncredited)
- Karl Stepanek as Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
- Theodore Gottlieb as Man on Street (uncredited)
- Jenny Werner as Dr. Winkel's Maid Hilde (uncredited)
- Reed De Rouen as American Military Policeman(uncredited)
- Geoffrey Keen as British Military Policeman (uncredited)
- Robert Brown as Britush Military Policeman in Sewer Chase (uncredited)
- Paul Carpenter as International Patrol D (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Carol Reed](https://film.one/person/carol-reed.md): Director
- Jack N. Green: Third Assistant Director
- Peggy McClafferty: Continuity
- Guy Hamilton: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Graham Greene](https://film.one/person/graham-greene.md): Screenplay, Book

## Production

- [Carol Reed](https://film.one/person/carol-reed.md): Producer
- Alexander Korda: Executive Producer
- [David O. Selznick](https://film.one/person/david-o-selznick.md): Executive Producer
- Hugh Perceval: Associate Producer
- T.S. Lyndon-Haynes: Production Manager

## Camera

- [Robert Krasker](https://film.one/person/robert-krasker.md): Director of Photography
- John Wilcox: Additional Photography
- Edward Scaife: Camera Operator
- Denys N. Coop: Camera Operator
- Stanley Pavey: Additional Photography

## Editing

- [Oswald Hafenrichter](https://film.one/person/oswald-hafenrichter.md): Editor
- [Peter Taylor](https://film.one/person/peter-taylor.md): Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Anton Karas](https://film.one/person/anton-karas.md): Original Music Composer, Musician
- Jack Drake: Sound Editor
- Red Law: Sound Recordist
- Bert Ross: Sound Recordist
- John Cox: Sound Supervisor

## Art

- [Vincent Korda](https://film.one/person/vincent-korda.md): Set Designer
- [John Hawkesworth](https://film.one/person/john-hawkesworth.md): Assistant Set Designer
- [Joseph Bato](https://film.one/person/joseph-bato.md): Assistant Set Designer
- Ferdinand Bellan: Assistant Art Director
- James Sawyer: Assistant Art Director

## Costume and make-up

- George Frost: Makeup Artist
- Ivy Baker: Wardrobe Supervisor
- Joe Shear: Hairdresser

## Crew

- Noreen Best: Editorial Staff
- Elizabeth Montagu: Technical Advisor

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