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* [[Idiot Ball]]: Holly Martins never met an idiot ball he didn't like. Unfortunately, he's usually not the one who pays for it.
* [[Insert Cameo]]
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Dr. ''V''inkle. Mind you, if someone kept calling you "Winkle" (like Holly does), you would get ticked off too.
* [[Kubrick Stare]]: Used by Baron Kurtz (albeit in a non-threatening context), making this trope [[Older Than They Think]].
* [[Late to The Party]]
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* [[Not My Driver]]: Subverted. Holly thinks his cabby is abducting him, and is working for the conspiracy, but the guy's really just driving him to the lecture he was scheduled to do and doesn't speak English.
* [[Not So Different]]: "If I offered you $20,000 for every one of those dots that stopped moving, would you really tell me to keep my money, or would you start calculating how many dots you could afford to spare?"
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* [[Opening Narration]]: Done in the original UK release by director Carol Reed, and in the US version by Joseph Cotten.
* [[POV Sequel]]: The screenwriter (author Graham Greene) wrote a book that was published to coincide with the film release with the British officer's POV. There was also a radio serial with Lime's exploits entitled ''The Adventures of Harry Lime''.
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* [[Sissy Villain]]: Lime's associate Kurtz certainly has his share of signifiers.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Very much on the cynical side.
* [[Small Role, Big Impact]]: Lime is on screen for very little time, but there would be no story without him.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: Anton Karas's bouncing melodies, happy harmonies and general bright zither playing over the one of the bleakest, most cynical films ever made.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: Welles later adapted three scripts he wrote for ''The Adventures of Harry Lime'' into the movie ''Mr. Arkadin''.
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* [[Viewer Discretion Shot]]: We don't get to see {{spoiler|the corpses of the porter or Harbin, or any of Harry Lime's victims in the children's hospital. Somehow, the shot of the stuffed animals and tiny bookshelf crammed in next to one of dozens of identical hospital beds - the only glimmer of the dying child's individuality, of their true being - is worse.}}
* [[We Can Rule Together]]
* [[What Is Evil?]]: The famous cuckoo clock speech.
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Holly Martins. At first.
* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: [[Orson Welles]].
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