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The First Deadly Sin

  • 1980
  • R
  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
2.1K
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The First Deadly Sin (1980)
A police inspector, nearing retirement, tracks a serial killer who is terrorizing New York.
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A police inspector, nearing retirement, tracks a serial killer who is terrorizing New York.A police inspector, nearing retirement, tracks a serial killer who is terrorizing New York.A police inspector, nearing retirement, tracks a serial killer who is terrorizing New York.

  • Director
    • Brian G. Hutton
  • Writers
    • Mann Rubin
    • Lawrence Sanders
  • Stars
    • Frank Sinatra
    • Faye Dunaway
    • David Dukes
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    2.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Brian G. Hutton
    • Writers
      • Mann Rubin
      • Lawrence Sanders
    • Stars
      • Frank Sinatra
      • Faye Dunaway
      • David Dukes
    • 46User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations

    Videos3

    Trailer
    Trailer 0:31
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    The First Deadly Sin: Great Taste And Good Eyesight
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    Photos16

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    Frank Sinatra and James Whitmore in The First Deadly Sin (1980)
    Frank Sinatra and Anna Navarro in The First Deadly Sin (1980)
    Martin Gabel in The First Deadly Sin (1980)
    Frank Sinatra and Martin Gabel in The First Deadly Sin (1980)
    Frank Sinatra and James Whitmore in The First Deadly Sin (1980)
    Frank Sinatra and Faye Dunaway in The First Deadly Sin (1980)
    Frank Sinatra and Faye Dunaway in The First Deadly Sin (1980)

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    Frank Sinatra
    Frank Sinatra
    • Edward Delaney
    Faye Dunaway
    Faye Dunaway
    • Barbara Delaney
    David Dukes
    David Dukes
    • Daniel Blank
    George Coe
    George Coe
    • Dr. Bernardi
    Brenda Vaccaro
    Brenda Vaccaro
    • Monica Gilbert
    Martin Gabel
    Martin Gabel
    • Christopher Langley
    Anthony Zerbe
    Anthony Zerbe
    • Captain Broughton
    James Whitmore
    James Whitmore
    • Dr. Sanford Ferguson
    Joe Spinell
    Joe Spinell
    • Charles Lipsky
    Anna Navarro
    Anna Navarro
    • Sunny Jordeen
    Jeffrey DeMunn
    Jeffrey DeMunn
    • Sergeant Fernandez Correlli
    John Devaney
    • John Rogers
    Robert Weil
    Robert Weil
    • Sol Appel
    Hugh Hurd
    Hugh Hurd
    • Ben Johnson
    Jon DeVries
    • Calvin Sawtell
    Eddie Jones
    Eddie Jones
    • Officer Curdy
    Victor Arnold
    Victor Arnold
    • Officer Kendall
    Frank Bongiorno
    • Nick
    • Director
      • Brian G. Hutton
    • Writers
      • Mann Rubin(screenplay)
      • Lawrence Sanders(novel)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Debut film of actor Bruce Willis as an extra. He is the man with a hat nearly covering his face entering the restaurant with the yellow-framed windows as Delaney (Sinatra) leaves while trailing Blank. Willis worked as a stand-in for "David Dukes" in the picture.
    • Goofs
      As suspect Blank (Dukes) is fleeing from Detective Delaney (Sinatra), he goes around a corner carrying an ice ax in his right hand but he was not holding it when approaching the corner nor right after heading toward the camera.
    • Quotes

      Calvin Samtell: Hey sucker! Bang bang!

      [laughs]

      Edward Delaney: Bang bang!

    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: The Awakening/One-Trick Pony/The Stunt Man/The First Deadly Sin (1980)
    • Soundtracks
      Rock of Ages
      (uncredited)

      Music by Thomas Hastings

      Played by the Salvation Army Band outside the hardware store

    User reviews46

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    I wasted my money
    I am a huge fan of Lawrence Sanders, who wrote "The First Deadly Sin," and I finally came upon the DVD, and was excited to buy it. To me the novel gives equal time to Delaney and Daniel Blank (hey, what a name for the killer), but this film focuses on Delaney and his problems.

    I envisioned an actor like Brian Dennehey playing Edward Delaney, a big man with a good heart, very intuitive, and with a big appetite for all kinds of weird sandwiches and always some good beer, not someone like Sinatra, a rather small man.

    Sanders is a brilliant writer of weird characters, and Daniel Blank was one of his best. Yet the whole film seems to focus on Delaney and the dying wife.

    I would have much liked to have seen the killer portrayed as he was in the book - a man with a good job, a very strange girlfriend, and brilliant in a horrible type of way.

    And so slow moving! Lesson learned, never see a movie after you've read the book.
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    5
    • johnqdoe78
    • Mar 11, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 3, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The 1st Deadly Sin
    • Filming locations
      • 140-142 West 81st Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church at beginning of film)
    • Production companies
      • Artanis Productions Inc.
      • Cinema VII
      • Filmways Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $8,000,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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