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GREAT DETECTIVES & PEOPLE OF MYSTERY #56 HARRY LIME Harry Lime made his debut in the 1949 film noir "The Third Man", directed by Carol Reed and played by Orson Welles. Graham Greene wrote the screenplay, based on a novella that he wrote in preparation for the film. The film centers on an American writer (Joseph Cotten) who arrives in Vienna to accept a job with his friend Harry Lime, only to learn that Lime has died. He finds the circumstances around Lime's death to be suspicious and stays in Vienna to investigate the matter. It turns out that Lime is alive, having faked his death to allude the police. Lime has been stealing penicillin, diluting it, and selling it on the black market, resulting in the death and severe health problems of many. In the end, Lime is gunned down in the sewers of Vienna. Critics hailed the film as a masterpiece, and it won an Oscar for cinematography. In the film, Harry Lime is a charming, totally amoral ch...