there a third man look to the shadowy b and w photography of steal identity and a thriller produce by turhan bey and ex star of universal picture during the 40 . it an expertly film tale of jealousy that lead to murder when a famous pianist ( francis lederer ) become overly possessive of his wife ( joan camden ) and be soon intent on carry out a scheme to murder a man she have an affair with . a taxi driver ( donald buka ) happen to be give the woman lover a lift to the hotel when he step outside a moment to chat with a worker dig up the street . lederer use the sound of the drill to muffle the sound of the bullet he put in the head of the passenger from outside the back of the car . when buka return to his cab and he find a dead man in the passenger seat . enroute to report the murder to the police and he change his mind and decides to switch identity with the dead man who have an american passport which mean buka could realize his ambition to return to the united state . the stolen identity plot become thicker when the man girlfriend ( lederer wife ) show up at the hotel to accuse buka of impersonate the dead man . it the sort of plot movie goer have probably see countless time and but it get a nice workout here and with plenty of tense scene a buka and lederer wife plan how to run from the authority until a final confrontation with the murderer and the police . it extremely absorb and well do and hold the interest throughout with some excellent atmospheric photography of vienna that will remind most movie goer of the third man . well worth view .