UK Release date: 1 September 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 3 June 1950
Genre: Crime
Country: UK-USA.
Running time: 108 minutes.
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli & Orson Welles
Australian Distributor: London Films
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Nine weeks at Hoyts Regent Theatre from 3 March 1950 with It’s Not Cricket as support
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 455 | 4 |
| EF PPE | 7.46 | 33 |
| Metres Travelled | 653,113 | 3 |
| Average MT | 10,707 | 116 |
| Engagements | 61 | 3 |
| Slots | 99 | 8 |
| Weeks | 38 | 7 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 62.30% | 58 |
| Saturdays | 16 | 149 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 26.23% | 240 |
| Tuesdays | 7 | 215 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 11.48% | 293 |
| First billed | 60 | 3 |
| Second billed | 1 | 259 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 55 |
| Ratio | 90.16% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.20% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 5 |
| Ratio | 8.20% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.81% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 1 |
| Ratio | 1.64% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.60% |
| Hoyts eng | 38 |
| Ratio | 62.30% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.48% |
| Independent eng | 8 |
| Ratio | 13.11% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.61% |
| Suburban eng | 15 |
| Ratio | 24.59% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.87% |
NOTES: A smashing success on pretty much every metric. Only one of four films to crack 450 EF points, plus top tens on weeks, engagements, slots, metres travelled and first billings. The nine weeks at the Regent would have indicated the splendid run this enduring classic would enjoy. The Huggetts Abroad and Once Upon a Dream shared support duty.
The Third Man engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St.Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 3/6/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 10/6/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Big Fight |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 10/6/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Big Fight |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 10/6/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 2 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 2 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 2 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 2 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 2 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 10/6/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 17/6/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 17/6/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Big Fight |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 17/6/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 17/6/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 17/6/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 3 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 17/6/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 4 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 4 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 4 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 24/6/50 | 4 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 1/7/50 | 5 | S | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 1/7/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 1/7/50 | 5 | T | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 1/7/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 1/7/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 1/7/50 | 5 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 1/7/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 1/7/50 | 5 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 8/7/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Eltham | Plaza | Suburban | 8/7/50 | 6 | S | 2 | The Green Promise |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 8/7/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 8/7/50 | 6 | W | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 15/7/50 | 7 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 15/7/50 | 7 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Chelsea | Plaza | Independent | 22/7/50 | 8 | W | 1 | Badger’s Green |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 22/7/50 | 8 | W | 1 | The Huggetts Abroad |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 29/7/50 | 9 | S | 1 | Once Upon a Dream |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 5/8/50 | 10 | S | 1 | Free For All |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 12/8/50 | 11 | S | 1 | The Mutineers |
| Malvern East | Verne | Suburban | 9/9/50 | 15 | S | 1 | Main Street Kid |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 16 | T | 1 | Savage Splendour |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 18 | T | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Coburg West | Progress | Independent | 4/11/50 | 23 | S | 1 | Sons of Adventure |
| Blackburn | Blackburn | Independent | 3/2/51 | 36 | S | 1 | It’s Hard to Be Good |
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