Just in time for Orson Welles’ centennial, one of his iconic films, “The Third Man,” is headed back to theaters in a new 4K restoration.
The remastered version of director Carol Reed’s 1949 film noir classic starring Welles as a black marketeer in postwar Vienna will make its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival later this month before opening in New York (June 26), Los Angeles (July 3) and other U.S. cities.
New York-based distributor Rialto Pictures announced the news Wednesday, on Welles’ 100th birthday. Welles died in 1985.
Written by novelist Graham Greene, who subsequently published a novella version, “The Third Man” tells the story of a hack writer (Joseph Cotten) who travels to Allied-occupied Vienna to follow up a job offer from a childhood friend (Welles). Once there, he becomes entangled in a web of murder and deception.
