Peters: I remember that scene. Orson Welles points to the people on the ground, and the people on the ground are very small, walking around in the square. HARRY I wish I could get rid of this thing. (We see they are now on ground level, through the window.) Don't try to be a policeman, old man. Listen... Peters: I remember that scene. Nobody thinks in terms...of human beings. Orson Welles says, "Would you really feel anything if one of those dots down there suddenly stopped moving?" He's still the same man.”, “It seemed odd that a man's smell should cling in the folds of a curtain so long after the man himself had become dead matter, a gas, a decay.”. Constantinople suited me better. Or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare? It is famous not simply for the well remembered (and Welles scripted) ‘cuckoo clock’ speech but also for its remarkable cinematography and drama. Don't be so gloomy. Constantinople suited me better. They don't miss much here... You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. HARRY MARTINS MARTINS Holly... 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. HARRY Don't be melodramatic. Like the fella says, in Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. As long as they can use you? This prevents automated programs from posting comments. Judge Karan: All right, Mr. McCoy. All rights reserved. Quotes will be submitted for approval by the RT staff. MARTINS HARRY Harry was real. McCoy: There's a famous scene on a Ferris wheel. So What's the Third Most Spoken Language in Your State? Unwise, Holly... Zwei steck. MARTINS This is one of the most memorable scenes from the 1949 film The Third Man, directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli and Orson Welles. Please try again. I wouldn't be too sure. Not you! They producedd Michaelangelo, da Vinci, and the Renaissance. The film All Quotes The full scene can be watched here – with this transcript starting about 1:20 seconds in. This is one of the most memorable scenes from the 1949 film The Third Man, directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli and Orson Welles. Web. The cuckoo In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, and MARTINS MARTINS MARTINS I believe in God and mercy and all that. MARTINS (takes a tablet) I carry a gun...I don't think they'd look for a bullet wound after you'd hit that ground... This page was last edited on 18 February 2019, at 23:53. McCoy: And you couldn't foresee the risk to those patients? I remember when they raided the gambling joint - you knew a safe way out... HARRY There's nobody left in Vienna I can really trust, and we've always done everything together. These are the last. 79 Years and Counting, The Fourth of July: Independence and RAPPS, Happy 106th Birthday to John Pilgrim Campana! Well, if you ever get Anna out of mess, be kind to her. MARTINS “You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. In his attempts to find out exactly what happened, Martins meets and falls for Lime’s ex-girlfriend, Anna (Valli) and discovers that his old friend is still alive and running a black market in diluted (and deadly) penicillin. Quotes By Graham Greene. He wasn't just your hero and my lover. (He opens the door and Martins starts to go through.) They were just dots to you, weren't they? (Harry starts to idly write on the window at his side - he has drawn on the steamed-up window a heart with an arrow through it. The Third Man quotes: the most famous and inspiring quotes from The Third Man. Holly, I would like to cut you in, old man. For example… See also: Vienna at the movies The Third Man. McCoy: Orson Welles plays a black marketeer who steals insulin, dilutes it, and sells it, with tragic consequences: Death, amputation, children die. MARTINS Yes, safe for you...not safe for me. Easily the most famous cameo performance for this huge steel construction came in the 1949 film, The Third Man, based on the screenplay by Graham Greene and starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton. He was outstanding in the Third Man. MARTINS Governments don't, so why should we? McCoy: The defendant says he couldn't foresee any substantial risk to his actions. Great speech, was telling my wife about it. If I offered you £20,000 for every dot that stopped - would you really, old man, tell me to keep my money? Please make your quotes accurate. (Long shot from Martins' eye line of the fairground far below and the people now on it.) MARTINS Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 07:16 PM. MARTINS In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? Last night I was thinking of one of my favorite movies, Carol Reed's The Third Man,and my favorite scene - Orson Welles' (as the nefarious Harry Lime) famous 'Cuckoo Clock' speech in which he lectures Holly Martins (played by Joseph Cotten) aboard the Riesenrad, a giant Ferris wheel in Vienna: Don't be so gloomy. Yes. ...exactly who did you tell about me? It's good to see you, Holly. MARTINS (They move towards the big wheel. After all it's not that awful. Nobody left in Vienna I can really trust - and we have always done everything together. Celebrating Seven Years: SUSIE Students Arrive in Oregon from Central America and the Caribbean! Thanks for writing that down so I could search it. This is only a preview. What can I do, old man, I'm dead, aren't I? MARTINS you and I aren't heroes, the world doesn't make any heroes... Oh, so that's how they found out about Anna... Would you feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever? Now Martins was broke and Lime had offered him, some sort, I don't know, some sort of job. Well, I've got quite a lot on my mind. MARTINS (He opens the door of the carriage.) Orson Welles says, "For the money." Kids used to ride this thing a lot in the old days. All strangers to the place and none of them could speak the same language. HARRY Remember that, won't you. Thursday, 27 October 2011 at 01:42 PM. So long, Holly. Email address will not be displayed with the comment.). Holly. You don't care anything at all about Anna, do you?