How did Harry Lime die? In this film-noir classic, an American pulp novelist travels to  shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself involved in the mysterious death of an old friend and black-market opportunist. More than a thriller but a tale of existential loss and betrayal, a film wherein location, a devastated Vienna, is as much a player as the characters .  Its hallmarks are a recklessly haunting visual style, and a twisty script with ironic comic touches. Orson Welles makes the most famous entrance in cinema history, and you’ll never forget that  musical score. This was  Roger Ebert’s favorite movie.

“As powerful and original now as it was then” — Common Sense Media

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