Harry Lime
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Harry Lime is the charismatic yet morally ambiguous racketeer portrayed by Orson Welles in the classic film noir "The Third Man."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry Lime canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8742304 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Lime Context triple: [The Third Man, character, Harry Lime]
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A.
Martin Max
Martin Max is a former German professional footballer and prolific striker best known for his goal-scoring exploits in the Bundesliga.
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B.
Felix Krull
Felix Krull is the charming, quick-witted con artist and social climber who narrates Thomas Mann’s picaresque novel "The Confessions of Felix Krull."
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C.
Rosa Klebb
Rosa Klebb is a fictional Soviet counterintelligence officer and SPECTRE operative who serves as the main antagonist in the James Bond novel and film "From Russia with Love," notorious for her ruthlessness and poison-tipped shoe blade.
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D.
Frank Gruber
Frank Gruber was an American writer best known for his prolific work in pulp fiction, mystery and Western novels, and Hollywood screenplays.
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E.
Richard Heidrich
Richard Heidrich was a German Luftwaffe general and paratroop commander in World War II, noted for leading Fallschirmjäger units in several major battles, including the Italian campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Lime Target entity description: Harry Lime is the charismatic yet morally ambiguous racketeer portrayed by Orson Welles in the classic film noir "The Third Man."
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A.
Martin Max
Martin Max is a former German professional footballer and prolific striker best known for his goal-scoring exploits in the Bundesliga.
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B.
Felix Krull
Felix Krull is the charming, quick-witted con artist and social climber who narrates Thomas Mann’s picaresque novel "The Confessions of Felix Krull."
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C.
Rosa Klebb
Rosa Klebb is a fictional Soviet counterintelligence officer and SPECTRE operative who serves as the main antagonist in the James Bond novel and film "From Russia with Love," notorious for her ruthlessness and poison-tipped shoe blade.
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D.
Frank Gruber
Frank Gruber was an American writer best known for his prolific work in pulp fiction, mystery and Western novels, and Hollywood screenplays.
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E.
Richard Heidrich
Richard Heidrich was a German Luftwaffe general and paratroop commander in World War II, noted for leading Fallschirmjäger units in several major battles, including the Italian campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| alignment | antihero ⓘ |
| antagonistOf | Holly Martins ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Third Man
ⓘ
The Third Man (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
The Third Man (TV series)
The Third Man (radio series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Third Man (TV series)
|
| associatedWith |
black market
ⓘ
penicillin racket ⓘ |
| backstoryExpandedIn |
The Lives of Harry Lime (radio series)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Third Man
|
| causeOfDeath | gunshot ⓘ |
| characterType | criminal mastermind ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Graham Greene ⓘ |
| diesIn | The Third Man ⓘ |
| distribution | black market penicillin ⓘ |
| ethicalStance | utilitarian cynicism ⓘ |
| fakes | his own death ⓘ |
| filmDirector | Carol Reed ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| filmWriter | Graham Greene ⓘ |
| friendOf | Holly Martins ⓘ |
| genre | film noir ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legacy | one of cinema’s most famous villains ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
radio ⓘ |
| morality | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| musicAssociatedWith | zither theme from The Third Man ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | iconic entrance from the shadows in a doorway ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance.
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In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. ⓘ |
| notableScene | Ferris wheel scene ⓘ |
| occupation | racketeer ⓘ |
| personality | charismatic ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Orson Welles
ⓘ
Orson Welles (The Lives of Harry Lime) ⓘ Orson Welles (radio) ⓘ |
| radioSeriesTitle | The Lives of Harry Lime ⓘ |
| radioSeriesYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| relationshipToProtagonist | childhood friend of Holly Martins ⓘ |
| setting | Vienna ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post-World War II ⓘ |
| visualSignature | shadowy figure in Viennese streets ⓘ |
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Subject: Harry Lime Description of subject: Harry Lime is the charismatic yet morally ambiguous racketeer portrayed by Orson Welles in the classic film noir "The Third Man."
Referenced by (5)
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