Movie-Sounds.org > Old Movie Quotes > The Third Man (1949)

Vienna doesn't really look any worse than a lot of other European cities. Bombed about a bit.

5 seconds sound clip from the The Third Man (1949) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:03:03.300 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Of course, a situation like that does tempt amateurs. But, well, they, you know, they can't stay the course like a professional.

- Now the city, it's divided into four zones, you know, each occupied by a power, the American, the British, the Russian and the French.

- But the centre of the city, that's international, policed by an international patrol, one member of each of the four powers.

- Wonderful. What a hope they had, all strangers to the place, and none of them could speak the same language, except a sort of smattering of German.

- Good fellows, on the whole. Did their best, you know.

- Vienna doesn't really look any worse than a lot of other European cities. Bombed about a bit.

- Oh, I was gonna tell you. Wait. I was gonna tell you about Holly Martins, an American, came all the way here to visit a friend of his.

- The name was Lime. Harry Lime.

- Now, Martins was broke, and Lime had offered him some sort, I don't know, some sort of a job.

- Anyway, there he was, poor chap, happy as a lark and without a cent.

- Passport, please. What's the purpose of your visit here?

- Friend of mine offered me a job here.

- Where are you staying?

- With him. 15 Stiftgasse.

[...]

The Third Man (1949) Sound Clip

The Third Man (1949) Poster

Revisit the memorable dialogues from the 1949 film noir classic, The Third Man, featuring famous quotes and audio snippets of the best lines.

Actors: Joseph Cotten (Holly Martins), Orson Welles (Harry Lime), Alida Valli (Anna Schmidt), Trevor Howard (Major Calloway)

[Amazon link] #ad

Latest Movie Sound Bites

Poll

You are using film sounds: