Saw The Third Man last night for the first time ever

[mahina]

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If you have the TCM app it’s available there any time for a while at least. Holy Moses that was a great movie

Also if you’ve ever seen Down by Law, The tunnel scenes felt like they were a small homage to the third man

[PoliticAverse]

1. Wells' performance was so compelling that someone actually did a radio series...

starring Wells recreating the character's (earlier) adventures...

The Adventures of Harry Lime (broadcast in the United States as The Lives of Harry Lime) is an old-time radio programme produced in the United Kingdom during the 1951 to 1952 season. Orson Welles reprises his role of Harry Lime from the celebrated 1949 film The Third Man. The radio series is a prequel to the film, and depicts the many misadventures of con-artist Lime in a somewhat lighter tone than that of the film.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Harry_Lime

Many of the radio show episodes have been posted on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+adventures+of+harry+lime

[CloudWatcher]

3. "somewhat lighter tone"

Which is to say, Harry Lime in the movie is a real villain while the character in the radio show is much more sympathetic.

Available on archive.org ... https://archive.org/details/TheLivesOfHarryLime

[PoliticAverse]

4. Yes in the radio series he's more the "loveable con man". n/t

[Rollo]

5. In the mid-1960's we had no television at home...

But we did have an old radio. I remember listening to those Harry Lime radio shows, with Well's booming voice, avidly at night. They were atmospheric and well done. There is a certain charm and mystery about a radio program like that, and it's rarely if ever duplicated today.

[CloudWatcher]

2. +1

One of my favorites! Have watched it many many times

[PoliticAverse]

6. The only negative part of the movie...

Could never get the zither music out of my head...