The Third Man (1949) was a Cold War-era thriller directed by Carol Reed (Night Train to Munich), based on the novel by Graham Greene, and starred Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, and Orson Welles. The film is widely considered to be one of the greatest motion pictures of the twentieth century. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) searches for a dead friend in postwar Vienna, amid widespread corruption and black marketeers.
The following firearms were used in the film The Third Man:
Several British and U.S. MPs in Vienna carry M1911 pistols in their holsters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingM1911 - .455 Webley, a licensed handgun to the British Armed Forces during and after World War 1, later issued to members of the R.A.F. and Royal NavyError creating thumbnail: File missingA British private waits outside Anna Schmidt's building as she is arrested inside.
Webley Mk IV Duty Model
Harry Lime (Orson Welles) mentions to Holly Martins that he carries a gun, later proven when he draws his short-barreled Webley Mk IV Duty Model.
Maj. Calloway (Trevor Howard), a British Army M.P. in Vienna, carries a Browning Hi-Power. One of the Austrian police officers leading the chase for Lime through the sewers also carries a Hi-Power.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe first version of the classic pistol, developed by John Browning and adopted by Belgium in 1935, the FN P-35 - 9x19mm. During World War II, the Germans would occupy the Belgian firearms factories and continued to produce this gun, still called the P-35, but with Waffenamt stamps. The Design would be adopted by other countries and manufactured abroad with the generic designation simply as the "Browning High Power".Error creating thumbnail: File missingCalloway, Paine, and another officer search for Harry Lime.Error creating thumbnail: File missingCalloway with his Browning Hi-Power drawn.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAn Austrian officer waves his Browning Hi-Power. Note how even though the hammer appears to be down, he shows excellent trigger discipline.
Luger P08
Several of the Austrian police officers searching for Harry Lime in the sewers carry Luger P08 pistols.
