murder

Cathy 2022-12-28 21:49:57

In 1949, post-war Vienna was almost in ruins. On the surface, this big city is jointly managed by the United States, Britain, France and Russia. In fact, there are countless gang members and various black market transactions in the underground. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotton), a second-rate detective novelist in the American West, went bankrupt and came here to join his old friend Harry Rhyme (Orson Welles), only to find that he had gone out of business. Dead in a car accident, Holly Martins made an unannounced visit based on the intuition of a detective writer, it turned out to be a murder! Some people said that there was a third person at the scene who did not testify in court. Who is this mysterious person?

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  • Holly Martins: Did you ever read a book of mine called, "The Lone Rider of Santa Fe"?

    Sgt. Paine: No, not that one, sir.

    Holly Martins: lt's a story about a man who hunted down a sheriff who was victimizing his best friend.

    Crabbin: Seems exciting.

    Holly Martins: lt is! l'm gunning just the same way for your Major Callaghan.

    Sgt. Paine: Sounds anti-British, sir.

  • Anna Schmidt: l don't know anything anymore, except l want to be dead too. Some more tea?