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The Third Man · 1949 — 第 1 / 17 章 · 3'01" · B2

Calloway Exposes Harry Lime, Explained：racketeer

Calloway offers Martins a drink and then tells him the truth about his dead friend: Harry Lime was 'about the worst racketeer that ever made a dirty living in this city.' Martins, who insists Lime was the best friend he ever had, refuses to believe it, and the two men circle each other in a bar.

あらすじ

Calloway drives Martins into town and takes him to a bar. There he tells the shocked writer that Harry Lime, the friend he came to Vienna for, was the worst racketeer in the city. Martins defends Lime's memory, and Calloway answers with a drink, a warning, and a plane seat home.

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このシーンの表現

racketeer

a criminal running rackets

Calloway states flatly that Lime was no victim but the worst racketeer in the city, cold as a case file.

The city was run by a racketeer nobody dared cross.

このシーンの他の表現

  • a bit of a shock

    a real jolt

  • novelette

    a cheap short novel

  • pin something on someone

    blame someone for it

  • see someone through

    get someone through it

  • for a change

    for once, as a change

このシーンのメモ一覧

50 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · A2a lift to somewhere

a ride

Like a lift to town?
表現 · B1could do with something

need or benefit from

You've had a bit of a shock, haven't you? You could do with a drink.
表現 · A2a bit of a something

somewhat

You've had a bit of a shock, haven't you? You could do with a drink.
文法 · B1haven't you?

tag question: A tag question invites agreement and softens the statement into shared talk.

You've had a bit of a shock, haven't you? You could do with a drink.
発音a bit of a

Run a bit of a together as one chunk.

You've had a bit of a shock, haven't you? You could do with a drink.
表現 · A2show up

turn up

I was never so lonesome in my life till he showed up.
表現 · B1once in a while

occasionally

- See much of him before that? - Once in a while.
表現 · B1see much of someone

spend time with

- See much of him before that? - Once in a while.
表現 · A2sound like something

seem like

- Best friend I ever had. - That sounds like a cheap novelette.
表現 · B1can't say that ...

I can't claim

Can't say that I have.
表現 · B1must have known

surely knew

He must've known I was broke. He even sent me an aeroplane ticket.
表現 · A2an aeroplane ticket

plane ticket

He must've known I was broke. He even sent me an aeroplane ticket.
発音must've known

Must've weakens to must-uv; known carries the stress.

He must've known I was broke. He even sent me an aeroplane ticket.
スラング · B1broke

out of money — Casual; avoid it in formal writing.

He must've known I was broke. He even sent me an aeroplane ticket.
発音What are you

In fast speech what are you can blur into wacha.

What are you trying to say?
文法 · B2that ever made

relative clause: The that-clause defines exactly how bad the racketeer was.

He was about the worst racketeer that ever made a dirty living in this city.
表現 · B1pin something on someone

blame someone for it

Martins jabs at the police habit of pinning a crime on a dead man who cannot answer back.

- Ever seen one? - Pin it on a dead man.
スラング · B1cop

policeman — Informal; use police officer in formal speech.

Just like a cop. You're a real cop, I suppose.
表現 · B1for a change

for once, as a change

Martins mocks the police, asking them to try catching actual murderers for once.

Why don't you catch a few murderers for a change?
スラング · B2scribbler

a hack writer — Dismissive; not to a writer's face.

It's all right, Paine. He's only a scribbler with too much drink in him.
表現 · B2at someone's expense

at someone's cost

You're not going to close your files at a dead man's expense.
文法 · B2When I'm finished

time clause: The when-clause sets the clock before the threat lands.

When I'm finished with you, you'll leave Vienna, you'll look so silly.
表現 · B1see someone through something

get someone through it

Calloway hands Martins army money and says it should see him through tonight at Sacher's, if he stays sober.

Here's some army money. It should see you through tonight at Sacher's Hotel, if you don't drink too much in the bar.
文法 · B1if you don't drink

conditional clause: The if-clause adds the one condition that makes the offer work.

Here's some army money. It should see you through tonight at Sacher's Hotel, if you don't drink too much in the bar.
表現 · A2keep a seat for someone

save a seat

We'll keep a seat for you on tomorrow's plane.

「Calloway Exposes Harry Lime」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is an interrogation dressed as a drink. Calloway never raises his voice; he simply replaces Martins' grief with a fact, and the fact is worse than the death: 'He was about the worst racketeer that ever made a dirty living in this city.' Martins, still loyal, reaches for the language of his westerns, and Calloway turns that against him — friendship that 'sounds like a cheap novelette.' What Martins cannot yet see is the pattern Calloway is naming: a man who made his living by dirty dealings and could always 'pin it on a dead man.' The offer of army money and a seat on tomorrow's plane is not kindness so much as a deadline, and the warning 'you'll look so silly' is the real message.

Theme

DeceptionCalloway strips away Martins' image of Lime, replacing a dead friend's legend with the truth that he was a racketeer.
FriendshipMartins' loyalty to a friend he barely knows is tested against the evidence that the friend preyed on the city.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A condolence call here doubles as a deportation notice.
  • Calloway's politeness is a weapon, not warmth.
  • One word, racketeer, rewrites a dead friend's whole life.
  • The drink is offered before the knife goes in.

発音のポイント

  • a bit of a — Run a bit of a together as one chunk.
  • must've known — Must've weakens to must-uv; known carries the stress.
  • What are you — In fast speech what are you can blur into wacha.
You've had a bit of a shock, haven't you? You could do with a drink.

Calloway's opening move: he names Martins' state and offers a drink, framing the coming revelations as something a man needs steady nerves to hear.

- Best friend I ever had. - That sounds like a cheap novelette.

Martins reaches for the vocabulary of his pulp westerns to defend his friend, and Calloway's reply mocks the sentiment as something out of cheap fiction.

He was about the worst racketeer that ever made a dirty living in this city.

The sentence Calloway has been building to: not a eulogy but a verdict, naming Lime a professional criminal who lived off the city.

You're not going to close your files at a dead man's expense.

Martins accuses the police of wanting an easy ending, closing their files by blaming a man who cannot answer for himself.

When I'm finished with you, you'll leave Vienna, you'll look so silly.

A polite threat: Calloway predicts that the investigation will make Martins look ridiculous rather than uncover a conspiracy.

Why don't you catch a few murderers for a change?

Martins' jab at the police: instead of chasing small rackets, they should go after real killers for once.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Calloway tell Martins about Lime so bluntly?

Because he wants Martins to leave Vienna and stop asking questions. The drink and the army money are meant to soften a message he intends Martins to take as final.

Is Calloway right about Harry Lime?

In this scene he presents it as established fact rather than opinion. The film treats Lime's racket as real, and Calloway's job is to shut it down, so the claim is not merely bait.

What does 'pin it on a dead man' mean?

It means blaming someone who cannot defend himself. Martins accuses the police of closing the case cheaply by putting the guilt on Lime now that he is dead.

Why does Martins defend Lime?

Because Lime was the best friend he ever had, or so he believes. He came to Vienna for Lime and cannot accept that the man he admired was a criminal.

What does Calloway want Martins to do?

He wants him to leave Vienna and stop digging. He gives him army money for a night at Sacher's Hotel and says a seat is being kept for him on tomorrow's plane.

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