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The First Deadly Sin
The First Deadly Sin is a 1980 American crime thriller film produced by and starring Frank Sinatra. The film features Faye Dunaway, David Dukes, Brenda Vaccaro, James Whitmore, and Martin Gabel in his final role. The film also features Bruce Willis in his feature film debut as an uncredited extra. The film is based on the 1973 novel of the same name written by Lawrence Sanders. The screenplay was written by Mann Rubin.
The film originally was slated to be directed by Roman Polanski, who was dropped by Columbia Pictures after statutory rape charges were brought against him. Director Brian G. Hutton took over the production after Polanski fled to France.
The last of nine films produced by Sinatra, and his final starring role, he plays NYPD Sergeant Edward X. Delaney, a troubled veteran New York City Police Department homicide detective. In a supporting role, Dunaway is Delaney's ailing wife Barbara, who is hospitalized with a rare kidney affliction.
The First Deadly Sin was the third production by Sinatra's Artanis production company and was shot on location in New York City. It premiered on October 23, 1980 at Loew's State Theatre in Times Square as part of a benefit for the Cabrini Medical Center, a key location in the film. The musical score was by composer and arranger Gordon Jenkins, who first worked with Sinatra on the 1957 album Where Are You?
Outside Mount Pleasant Baptist Church on West 81st Street in Manhattan, Bernard Gilbert is attacked by another man wielding an ice axe. Meanwhile at Mother Cabrini Hospital, Barbara Delaney is undergoing emergency surgery. The NYPD arrive to process the crime scene outside the church. The coroner, Dr. Ferguson, shows Barbara's husband Sergeant Edward Delaney that the fatal wound on Gilbert's skull was made with a round object.
Meanwhile, the 20th Precinct receives news Barbara is recovering from surgery. The information is relayed to Delaney at the scene, and he rushes to the hospital. Barbara's surgeon, Dr. Vincent Bernardi, explains that complications from her kidney stones forced him to remove the organ. Over time, Barbara's condition worsens, and Delaney harbors deep suspicions that Bernardi is incompetent.
The murder on 81st Street is a kind of solace for Delaney. Much to his colleagues' surprise, he throws himself into the case despite constant admonitions from his friends and supervisors that the NYPD's priorities are elsewhere. One of his early visits is to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he consults with Arms and Armor curator Christopher Langley about the type of weapon that could make such a unique wound. The elderly Langley is thrilled to have such a unique problem to solve, and he devotes a great deal of time to research.
The angle of entry and the perfectly spherical nature of the wound eliminate most of the weapons familiar to Langley. He decides the weapon must have been some kind of tool, and he visits a hardware store, where he explicitly asks for the best implement to kill someone. A bemused clerk helps Langley deduce that the weapon was most likely an ice axe.
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The First Deadly Sin
The First Deadly Sin is a 1980 American crime thriller film produced by and starring Frank Sinatra. The film features Faye Dunaway, David Dukes, Brenda Vaccaro, James Whitmore, and Martin Gabel in his final role. The film also features Bruce Willis in his feature film debut as an uncredited extra. The film is based on the 1973 novel of the same name written by Lawrence Sanders. The screenplay was written by Mann Rubin.
The film originally was slated to be directed by Roman Polanski, who was dropped by Columbia Pictures after statutory rape charges were brought against him. Director Brian G. Hutton took over the production after Polanski fled to France.
The last of nine films produced by Sinatra, and his final starring role, he plays NYPD Sergeant Edward X. Delaney, a troubled veteran New York City Police Department homicide detective. In a supporting role, Dunaway is Delaney's ailing wife Barbara, who is hospitalized with a rare kidney affliction.
The First Deadly Sin was the third production by Sinatra's Artanis production company and was shot on location in New York City. It premiered on October 23, 1980 at Loew's State Theatre in Times Square as part of a benefit for the Cabrini Medical Center, a key location in the film. The musical score was by composer and arranger Gordon Jenkins, who first worked with Sinatra on the 1957 album Where Are You?
Outside Mount Pleasant Baptist Church on West 81st Street in Manhattan, Bernard Gilbert is attacked by another man wielding an ice axe. Meanwhile at Mother Cabrini Hospital, Barbara Delaney is undergoing emergency surgery. The NYPD arrive to process the crime scene outside the church. The coroner, Dr. Ferguson, shows Barbara's husband Sergeant Edward Delaney that the fatal wound on Gilbert's skull was made with a round object.
Meanwhile, the 20th Precinct receives news Barbara is recovering from surgery. The information is relayed to Delaney at the scene, and he rushes to the hospital. Barbara's surgeon, Dr. Vincent Bernardi, explains that complications from her kidney stones forced him to remove the organ. Over time, Barbara's condition worsens, and Delaney harbors deep suspicions that Bernardi is incompetent.
The murder on 81st Street is a kind of solace for Delaney. Much to his colleagues' surprise, he throws himself into the case despite constant admonitions from his friends and supervisors that the NYPD's priorities are elsewhere. One of his early visits is to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he consults with Arms and Armor curator Christopher Langley about the type of weapon that could make such a unique wound. The elderly Langley is thrilled to have such a unique problem to solve, and he devotes a great deal of time to research.
The angle of entry and the perfectly spherical nature of the wound eliminate most of the weapons familiar to Langley. He decides the weapon must have been some kind of tool, and he visits a hardware store, where he explicitly asks for the best implement to kill someone. A bemused clerk helps Langley deduce that the weapon was most likely an ice axe.