# The Third Man

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-man/209401>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 24, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-man/209401 "2003-10-24T21:10:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-man/209401/21 "2003-10-26T18:14:12Z")

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My girlfriend and I went to Vienna this summer and went on a “Third Man” walking tour, which included a trip down into the sewers. It ended at the doorway in which we first see Orson Welles as Harry Lime – that great shot when the light hits him and he’s just standing there, smirking. The doorway was all covered with graffiti, though.

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