
Holly Martins, author of tabloid novels, in the hope of getting a job comes to post-war Vienna at the invitation of an old friend Harry Lime. Alas, just the day before, he is killed in an accident.
According to police officer Calloway, Lime was a dark personality, racketeer and speculator. Martins decides to conduct his own investigation to clear his friend of the charges of crimes, which, as he is sure, he did not commit.
Moreover, Martins is sure that his friend was murdered, and his killer is somewhere near...