In its most memorable scene, the title figure, after a ferris wheel ride with the protagonist, tries to justify his crimes by noting that Italy under the Borgias produced great artists like Michelangelo, while the Swiss, with "500 years of brotherly love," only produced the cuckoo clock.
This movie's score features zither music by Anton Karas, and its namesake theme achieved #1 status on the Billboard Chart in 1950. Its extensive use of Dutch-angle shots, as exemplified in the "magic lantern" montage in which Major Holly convinces the protagonist that the title character is responsible for harming children, won cinematographer Robert Krasker the film's only Oscar, despite it later being voted the greatest British film of the 20th century. In its most memorable scene, the title figure, after a ferris wheel ride with the protagonist, tries to justify his crimes by noting that Italy under the Borgias produced great artists like Michelangelo, while the Swiss, with "500 years of brotherly love," only produced the cuckoo clock. Featuring Joseph Cotton as Holly and directed by Carol Reed, for 10 points what is this Film Noir classic in which Orson Welles plays Harry Lime?
This movie's score features zither music by Anton Karas, and its namesake theme achieved #1 status on the Billboard Chart in 1950.
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