
The Stranger. Edward G. Robinson is a treasure.

The Stranger. Edward G. Robinson is a treasure.

Chimes at Midnight. Kinda exhausting.

The Third Man (1949). Number four from Ebertfest. I dug it, and I remember basically nothing about the plot. Post-war Vienna light-and-shadow mystery stuff, cock-eyed angles. Orwell’s reveal, emerging from the shadows, is so good. Nice sewer chase at the end, though I wish they’d tightened it up a bit. I wonder how they managed the sound down there. And basics like navigating around. Apparently that persistent zither soundtrack was a local, on-the-spot hire, some dude they found on location at a cafe during the filming of the movie.
If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.