The Third Man

The Third Man was an early private detective show. Harry Lime is an
international man of mystery - unruffable, handsome, and witty, who
lives on the edge of danger. Bradford Webster is the conservative
treasurer of his corporations.

The series was based on the 1949 film The Third Man starring Orson Welles.
The character was changed from a criminal into a sort of "thief with a conscience"
for the subsequent popular 1951 radio series, "The Lives of Harry Lime" (also starring
Welles and the Bonus that comes with this set). The TV series changes the premise
that Harry Lime died at the end of the movie, and morphs him from a criminal into
a much less ambiguous, more sympathetic, man with a conscience.

In this 1959 syndicated TV version, Michael Rennie (The Day The Earth Stood Still)
is commanding as jet-setting, private investigator Harry Lime who travels Europe
falling in and out of trouble. The show co-stars the wonderful Jonathan Harris as
Lime's dour, no nonsense sidekick Bradford Webster. Harris, you may remember,
was the villainous Dr. Smith on Lost In Space. He's cold and analytical here, always
a joy to watch. This half-hour drama was filmed on location which makes for some
stunning exterior shots of European nations on the rebound from World War II
This is a rare television series, rarely ever seen after its initial run (1959-1962).
The show aired in the United States on NBC, and was a joint production of BBC
Television, the National Telefilm Associates of America, and the British Lion Film
Corporation. This 47 episode set is a rare set that came from 16 MM prints.



The Collectors Edition includes the following 47 Shows & Bonus CD of
"The Lives of Harry Lime" Old Time Radio Shows in MP3

DVD 1:
Queen of the Nile
The Best Policy
Frame Up
Harry Lime and the King

DVD 2:
High Finance
Death in Small Installments
Judas Goat
The Day of the Bullfighter

DVD 3:
The Cross of Candos
Gold Napoleons
Castle in Spain
A Crisis in Crocodiles

DVD 4:
Three Dancing Turtles
Confessions of an Honest Man
The Way of McEagle
Hollywood Incident

DVD 5:
The Man Who Died Twice
Dark Island
A Little Knowledge
Hansel and Son

DVD 6:
Happy Birthday
Mischka
Meeting of the Board
Listen for the Sound of a Witch

DVD 7:
Barcelona Passage
The Third Medallion
As the Twig is Bent
Ghost Town

DVD 8:
The Luck of Harry Lime
A Question of Libel
The Trial of Harry Lime
Hamburg Shakedown

DVD 9:
Members Only (1)
Members Only (2)
Trouble at Drill Hill
King's Ransom

DVD 10:
The Unexpected Mr. Lime
Sparks from a Dead Fire
Calculated Risk
I.O.U.

DVD 11:
A Pocketful of Sin
Broken Strings
How to Buy a Country
Diamond in the Rough
A Question in Ice

DVD 12:
Toys of the Dead
One Kind Word
The House of Bon-Bons


 

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