BackgroundThe Third Man(1949) is a visually-stylish thriller - a paranoid story of social, economic, and moral corruption in a depressed, rotting and crumbling, 20th century Vienna following World War II.When Mildred has finished her gargling, toothbrushing and beauty routine, she leaves the bathroom.His wife Amelia enters to ask the logical question, making him look like an idiot by pointing to the now-vacant bathroom mirror:Amelia: What kind of tomfoolery are you up to now?Harold: I""m shaving.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)With a production budget of $54 million, and box-office gross receipts of $108 million (domestic).Warner Bros.released the film in Europe at the end of 1980, but waited about seven months later to release it in the summer of 1981 in the US.Peter begged his friend to promise to remain quiet: "You can""t tell anybody about this.You gotta keep it a secret."While having dinner at a Thai restaurant with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), Peter was reluctant to talk about why he was so distant and distracted, although he admitted: "I""m just stressed.