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Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director and producer, best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949), and Oliver! (1968), [1] for which he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director .
Carol Reed. Director: The Third Man. Carol Reed was the second son of stage actor, dramatics teacher and impresario founder of the Royal School of Dramatic Art Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Reed was one of Tree's six illegitimate children with Beatrice Mae Pinney, who Tree established in a second household apart from his married life.
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Carol Reed (born December 30, 1906, London, England—died April 25, 1976, London) was a British film director noted for his technical mastery of the suspense-thriller genre. He was the first British film director to be knighted.
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Apr 15, 2015 · A hunted man is pursued through the darkening streets of a crumbling, divided city by police, friends, co-conspirators, enemies and his blindly faithful lover — yes, there are many ways in which...
Aug 23, 2019 · Carol Reed was courageous enough to give the film a determinedly unhappy ending, which even the pessimistic Greene was reluctant to endorse.
Carol Reed. The Third Man. Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime—and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder.
Carol Reed. Highest Rated: 100% The Fallen Idol (1948) Lowest Rated: 60% Kipps (1941) Birthday: Dec 30, 1906. Birthplace: Putney, London, England, UK. Reed began his film career in 1927 as an...
