What happened to Harry Lime?
Carol Reed) follows novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) as he arrives in Vienna, Austria, searching for Harry Lime, his lifelong friend who has promised him a job there. As it turns out, however, Harry Lime is dead; he was hit by a car while crossing the street. Plot. Holly Martins, an American author of Western pulp novels, arrives in the British sector of Allied-occupied Vienna seeking Harry Lime, a childhood friend who has offered him a job. However, Martins is told that Lime was killed by a car while crossing the street.
Who is Harry Lime?
Harold “Harry” Lime is the main antagonist of the 1949 British film noir The Third Man. He is an arms dealer who diluted penicillin and faked his own death, kicking off the plot of the film. He was portrayed by the late Orson Welles. In 1951, prolific radio producer Harry Alan Towers created The Lives of Harry Lime, a 52-episode series starring Orson Welles. It was based on the character Welles made famous in the popular Carol Reed film, The Third Man.Harry Lime, as realised on the screen by Orson Welles , is one of the great characters in cinema and also one of the most tricky. He exerts a fascination on audiences despite the fact that, in simple plot terms, he’s an outright villain.