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Yes. English novelist Graham Greene [1904-1991], who also wrote the screenplay for this film, wrote a novella of the same name in preparation for the screenplay, but the novella was not published until 1950, a year after the film was released.

The official record says there were two men at the scene of the accident. However, the closest witness, the porter, says there were three men. It is never revealed who was the third man, but many viewers assume it was Harry Lime. Another theory is that the third man was purposely not revealed in order to suggest that Holly was still on the case looking for him.