[Views of soldiers on guard, and then standing on parade and marching in a square.]Oh, I was gonna tell you, wait, I was gonna tell you about Holly Martins, an American.Came all the way here to visit a friend of his.The name is Lime, Harry Lime.Now Martins was broke and Lime had offered him some sort - I don""t know - some sort of a job.Anyway, there he was, poor chap, happy as a lark and without a cent.[Anyway, I was dead broke when I got to Vienna.A close pal of mine had wired me, offering me a job doing publicity work for some kind of charity he was running.Prologue:A light-colored station wagon drives through the fog up to an old, dusty baroque mansion.The inside of the enormous luxurious chateau is disheveled and messy, showing evidence of the previous night""s party/orgy.Jean downplays their losses: "Oh, Father""s in the oil business, dear.It just keeps bubbling up out of the ground." As he reluctantly collects his winnings, he is unaware that he has been set up and conned for the next round.Kasdan""s film was up against heavy competition in the Academy Awards race in 1981, whenRaiders of the Lost Ark (1981), On Golden Pond (1981), Chariots of Fire (1981, UK),andReds (1981)were vying for multiple nominations and awards, and therefore it received no accolades.