The First Deadly Sin

The First Deadly Sin (1980)

  • 57% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

  • 33% of users liked it
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The First Deadly Sin was Frank Sinatra's final starring movie vehicle. Based on a novel by Lawrence Sanders, it casts Sinatra as Edward Delaney, a big-city detective on the verge of retirement. Beset with profound personal problems--including a gravely ill wife (Faye Dunaway)--Delaney nonetheless… More

R, 1 hr. 52 min.
Directed By
Anthony Zerbe, Brenda Vaccaro
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Oct 3, 1980 Wide
On DVD
May 18, 1999

Critic Reviews

  • Steve Crum, Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

    Forgettable Sinatra vehicle, beneath the Chairman's talents.

  • Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

    A atenção com os detalhes e a preocupação com o realismo, ao lado da atuação sóbria de Sinatra, colocam o filme acima de outros exemplares do gênero (mesmo trazendo um assassino desinteressante).

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    The First Deadly Sin reveals just how crucial citizens are in the solution to a crime.

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