The Third Man (TV series)
| The Third Man | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mystery |
| Created by | Graham Greene |
| Starring | Michael Rennie |
| Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 77 (8 missing) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Felix Jackson |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | National Telefilm Associates |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Syndication (USA)/NTA Film Network |
| Release | 23 January 1959 – 1965 |
The Third Man is a TV series which ran from 1959 to 1965. It was based on the novel and film Harry Lime. In the TV series, Lime is an international private investigator.
The series was a co-production between the
20th Century Fox studios in Hollywood. Later episodes were filmed at Shepperton Studios and Associated-British Elstree Studios (Associated British Picture Corporation) in England.[1]
Cast
- Michael Rennie as Harry Lime
- Jonathan Harris as Bradford Webster
Episodes
Season 1 (1959–60)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "One Kind Word" | Cliff Owen | Iain MacCormick | 2 October 1959 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Man Who Died Twice" | Paul Stanley | A.J. Carothers | 9 October 1959 |
| 3 | 3 | "Death of an Overlord" | David Orrick McDearmon | David Swift | 16 October 1959 |
| 4 | 4 | "The Best Policy" | Julian Amyes | John Player | 23 October 1959 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Indispensable Man" | Paul Stanley | Jack Laird | 30 October 1959 |
| 6 | 6 | "Sparks from a Dead Fire" | Paul Stanley | Robert Yale Libott | 6 November 1959 |
| 7 | 7 | "Three Dancing Turtles" | Julian Amyes | John Kruse | 13 November 1959 |
| 8 | 8 | "Hollywood Incident" | Paul Stanley | Richard Berg | 20 November 1959 |
| 9 | 9 | "A Question of Price" | David Orrick McDearmon | Harry Brown | 27 November 1959 |
| 10 | 10 | "The Importance of Being Harry Lime" | Julian Amyes | Iain MacCormick | 4 December 1959 |
| 11 | 11 | "Barcelona Passage" | Cliff Owen | Gilbert Winfield | 18 December 1959 |
| 12 | 12 | "Listen for the Sound of a Witch" | Arthur Hiller | Hagar Wilde | 1 January 1960 |
| 13 | 13 | "A Collector's Item" | Julian Amyes | John Player | 8 January 1960 |
| 14 | 14 | "How to Buy a Country" | Paul Stanley | Robert Yale Libott & A.J. Carothers | 15 January 1960 |
| 15 | 15 | "Dinner in Paris" | Anthony Bushell | Iain MacCormick | 22 January 1960 |
| 16 | 16 | "The Third Medallion" | Paul Stanley | Milton Gelman | 29 January 1960 |
| 17 | 17 | "The Angry Young Man" | Arthur Hiller | Richard Berg | 5 February 1960 |
| 18 | 18 | "High Finance" | Julian Amyes | Anthony Steven | 12 February 1960 |
| 19 | 19 | "Castle in Spain" | Arthur Hiller | Stanford Whitmore | 19 February 1960 |
| 20 | 20 | "Toys of the Dead" | Anthony Bushell | John Kruse | 26 February 1960 |
| 21 | 21 | "The Girl Who Didn't Know" | Arthur Hiller | Iain MacCormick | 4 March 1960 |
| 22 | 22 | "A Deal in Oils" | Julian Amyes | Alun Falconer | 11 March 1960 |
| 23 | 23 | "A Man Takes a Trip" | Paul Stanley | Jameson Brewer | 25 March 1960 |
| 24 | 24 | "A Pocketful of Sin" | Arthur Hiller | László Görög | 1 April 1960 |
| 25 | 25 | "The Man Who Wouldn't Talk" | Anthony Bushell | John Player | 8 April 1960 |
| 26 | 26 | "The Tenth Symphony" | Anthony Bushell | Iain MacCormick | 23 April 1960 |
| 27 | 27 | "Trouble at Drill Hill" | David Orrick McDearmon | David Swift | 13 May 1960 |
| 28 | 28 | "The Man with Two Left Hands" | Julian Amyes | John Warwick | 27 May 1960 |
| 29 | 29 | "As the Twig Is Bent" | Arthur Hiller | David Chandler | 3 June 1960 |
| 30 | 30 | "A Box of Eyes" | Julian Amyes | John Kruse | 10 June 1960 |
| 31 | 31 | "An Experiment with Money" | Julian Amyes | Margot Bennett | 24 June 1960 |
| 32 | 32 | "Broken Strings" | Paul Stanley | Richard Collins & Milton Gelman | 1 July 1960 |
| 33 | 33 | "Five Hours to Kill" | Arthur Hiller | Oliver Crawford | 8 July 1960 |
| 34 | 34 | "The Widow Who Wasn't" | Anthony Bushell | Lindsay Galloway | 15 July 1960 |
| 35 | 35 | "Death in Small Instalments" | Julian Amyes | Rex Rientis | 22 July 1960 |
| 36 | 36 | "Harry Lime and the King" | Anthony Bushell | John Graeme | 29 July 1960 |
| 37 | 37 | "Dark Island" | Paul Stanley | Ed Adamson | 5 August 1960 |
| 38 | 38 | "Confessions of an Honest Man" | Paul Stanley | Merwin Gerard | 12 August 1960 |
| 39 | 39 | "An Offering of Pearls" | Cliff Owen | Margot Bennett | 19 August 1960 |
Season 2 (1962–63)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | "A Question of Libel" | Stuart Burge | Graham Greene & John Warwick | 2 July 1962 |
| 41 | 2 | "Mischka" | Robert M. Leeds | Graham Greene, Tom Gries, & Mary C. McCall Jr. | 9 July 1962 |
| 42 | 3 | "The Cross of Candos" | Robert M. Leeds | Graham Greene & Ben Perry | 16 July 1962 |
| 43 | 4 | "Happy Birthday" | Paul Henreid | Graham Greene & Philip Saltzman | 13 August 1962 |
| 44 | 5 | "Queen of the Nile" | Paul Henreid | Graham Greene & Robert Sherman | 20 August 1962 |
| 45 | 6 | "Calculated Risk" | Paul Henreid | Mary C. McCall Jr. & Fred Schiller | 30 March 1963 |
| 46 | 7 | "No Word for Danger" | Robert M. Leeds | Vincent Tilsley | 6 April 1963 |
| 47 | 8 | "Lord Bradford" | Robert M. Leeds | Anthony Steven & Vincent Tilsley | 13 April 1963 |
| 48 | 9 | "King's Ransom" | David MacDonald | Anthony Steven | 20 April 1963 |
| 49 | 10 | "Hamburg Shakedown" | John Newland | John Kruse & Mary McCall | 27 April 1963 |
| 50 | 11 | "The Unexpected Mr. Lime" | Robert M. Leeds | Peter Yeldham | 4 May 1963 |
| 51 | 12 | "Diamond in the Rough" | Paul Henreid | Richard Levinson & William Link | 11 May 1963 |
| 52 | 13 | "Portrait of Harry" | Robert M. Leeds | John Player | 18 May 1963 |
| 53 | 14 | "Man in Power" | Robert M. Leeds | Robert Leslie Bellem | 25 May 1963 |
| 54 | 15 | "Meeting of the Board" | Paul Henreid | Robert Sherman | 8 June 1963 |
| 55 | 16 | "Hansel and Son" | Robert M. Leeds | Lee Berg & Mary C. McCall Jr. | 15 June 1963 |
| 56 | 17 | "Act of Atonement" | Robert M. Leeds | Robert Sherman | 13 July 1963 |
| 57 | 18 | "Ghost Town" | Robert M. Leeds | Richard Levinson & William Link | 27 July 1963 |
| 58 | 19 | "Gold Napoleons" | Robert M. Leeds | P.K. Palmer | 3 August 1963 |
| 59 | 20 | "Bradford's Dream" | Robert M. Leeds | Anthony Steven & Vincent Tilsley | 10 August 1963 |
| 60 | 21 | "The Way of McEagle" | David MacDonald | John Player | 17 August 1963 |
| 61 | 22 | "Who Killed Harry Lime?" | Robert M. Leeds | Philip Saltzman | 24 August 1963 |
Season 3 (1964)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 1 | "A Question in Ice" | Robert M. Leeds | John Warwick | 27 June 1964 |
| 63 | 2 | "I.O.U." | Robert M. Leeds | Leslie Edgley (as Robert Bloomfield)[2][3] | 4 July 1964 |
| 64 | 3 | "A Crisis in Crocodiles" | Robert M. Leeds | John Warwick | 1 August 1964 |
| 65 | 4 | "Judas Goat" | Paul Henreid | Robert Sherman | 8 August 1964 |
| 66 | 5 | "A Little Knowledge" | Robert M. Leeds | Raymond Bowers | 15 August 1964 |
| 67 | 6 | "The Day of the Bullfighter" | Paul Henreid | Philip Saltzman | 22 August 1964 |
| 68 | 7 | "Mars in Conjunction" | John Ainsworth | Phyllis White & Robert White | 5 September 1964 |
| 69 | 8 | "The Big Kill" | Paul Henreid | Robert Sherman | 12 September 1964 |
| 70 | 9 | "Frame Up" | Paul Henreid | Gene Wang | 26 September 1964 |
Season 4 (1965)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | 1 | "The Trial of Harry Lime" | Robert M. Leeds | Michael Gilbert | 16 July 1965 |
| 72 | 2 | "Members Only: Part 1" | Robert M. Leeds | Unknown | 23 July 1965 |
| 73 | 3 | "Members Only: Part 2" | Robert M. Leeds | Unknown | 30 July 1965 |
| 74 | 4 | "The House of Bon-Bons" | Robert M. Leeds | John Kruse | 6 August 1965 |
| 75 | 5 | "The Man at the Top" | John Llewellyn Moxey | John Warwick | 13 August 1965 |
| 76 | 6 | "Proxy Fight" | Unknown | Unknown | 20 August 1965 |
| 77 | 7 | "The Luck of Harry Lime" | Paul Henreid | Gene Wang | 27 August 1965 |
Archive Status
Out of a total of 77 episodes, 8 episodes are currently missing. Unusually, only one episode produced in 1959 is missing. The other 7 are all between 1960 and 1965:[4]
- Series 1 Episode 5 30.10.1959 "The Indispensable Man"
- Series 1 Episode 22 11.03.1960 "A Deal in Oils"
- Series 1 Episode 23 25.03.1960 "A Man Takes a Trip"
- Series 1 Episode 25 08.04.1960 "The Man Who Wouldn't Talk"
- Series 2 Episode 7 06.04.1963 "No Word for Danger"
- Series 2 Episode 8 13.04.1963 "Lord Bradford"
- Series 4 Episode 5 13.08.1965 "The Man at the Top"
- Series 4 Episode 6 20.08.1965 "Proxy Fight"
References
- ^ Page, Don (7 June 1959). "The Third Man: Harry Lime Will Be Newest TV Hero Harry Lime to Be Hero". Los Angeles Times. p. G8.
- ISBN 0-765-31146-1.
- ^ The Third Man – I.O.U.: Full Cast and Credits. IMDb.
- ^ "The Third Man". TV Brain.
External links
- The Third Man at IMDb
- The Third Man at CTVA
- The Third Man at epguides.com
- The Third Man at Episodate.com
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