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You can watch The Third Man (1949) for free on Kanopy, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

Shadowy, tilted camera angles transform the bombed-out ruins of postwar Vienna into a crooked labyrinth of suspicion. Amidst the flickering streetlamps, a sudden burst of shadow and light turns a simple search for a dead friend into a haunting psychological maze.

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