The Incomparable Mothership
#378
November 5, 2017
“The Third Man” and “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold”
“The Third Man” and “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold”
A Parrot Bit Me
Old Movie Club returns with two paranoid films set amid the intrigue of postwar Europe: 1949’s “The Third Man” and 1965’s “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.” The former features Orson Welles, a collection of suspicious characters in Vienna, and a whole lot of zither music. The latter features Richard Burton mixing insobriety with spycraft, and a very peculiar library. (This episode is presented in black and white.)
