C.I.D. (1955 film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = C.I.D.

| image = CID 1955 poster.jpg

| caption =

| director = M. Krishnan Nair

| producer = P. Subramaniam
(Merryland)

| writer = T. N. Gopinathan Nair

| based_on =

| starring = Prem Nazir
Miss Kumari
Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
Kumari Thankam

| music = Br Lakshmanan
(songs)
Thirunayinarkurichi
(lyrics)

| cinematography = N. S. Mani

| editing = K. D. George

| studio = Neela Productions

| distributor = Kumaraswamy & Co.
(Travancore)
Film Distributing Co.
(Malabar & Cochin)

| released = {{Film date|1955|8|27|df=y}}

| runtime = 170 minutes

| country = India

| language = Malayalam

| budget =

| gross =

}}

C.I.D. is a 1955 Indian Malayalam film made for Merryland Studio by director M. Krishnan Nair which stars Prem Nazir, Miss Kumari, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair and Kumari Thankam. It is generally considered as the first crime thriller movie in Malayalam.{{Cite news|last=Vijayakumar|first=B.|date=2014-09-28|title=Panchathantram: 1974|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/panchathantram-1974/article6452869.ece|access-date=2021-07-11|issn=0971-751X}}

The film was dubbed into Tamil with the same title and was released in the same year, 1955.{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1956.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|authorlink=Film News Anandan|date= 23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=Tamil|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170826001149/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1956.asp |archivedate=26 August 2017 |url-status=usurped}} K. Devanarayanan wrote the lyrics and dialogues.