C.I.D. (1956)

Directed by

Raj Khosla

Genre

musical film, crime film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 26m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police inspector investigates a murder case. He navigates suspects and danger in a city setting.

noirishsuspensefullivelyfast-pacedmelodicstylishcarefreemysterious

What happens

C.I.D. is a 1956 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Raj Khosla and produced by Guru Dutt. It stars Dev Anand, Shakila, Johnny Walker, K. N. Singh and Waheeda Rehman. The film has Dev Anand playing a police inspector investigating a murder case. The music was given by O. P. Nayyar and the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri and Jan Nisar Akhtar. It was Waheeda Rehman's screen debut in Hindi films, and future directors Pramod Chakravorty and Bhappi Sonie worked as assistant directors on this film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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