Search results
- The film is an adaptation of the 1994 novel of the same name written by author Joe Sharkey. The novel itself is based on the real-life 1989 murder of Susan Smith.
thecinemaholic.com › is-above-suspicion-a-true-story
People also ask
Is the first deadly sin based on a true story?
Is the first deadly sin a good book?
Where was the first deadly sin filmed?
Who plays Delaney's wife in '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 is based on the 1973 novel of the same name written by Lawrence Sanders.
Sinatra plays Ed Delaney, a New York police detective with only a few weeks until his retirement. He goes out to investigate a routine mugging and discovers that the victim has been killed by a strange weapon: The impact on the skull is like nothing he's seen before.
Jan 1, 2001 · 4.05. 9,524 ratings269 reviews. New York Police Department Captain Edward Delaney is called to the scene of a brutal murder. A Brooklyn councilman was struck from behind, the back of his skull punctured and crushed with an unknown weapon. The victim wasn’t robbed, and there’s no known motive.
- (9.5K)
- Paperback
- Lawrence Sanders
Nov 6, 2009 · Because this novel--and the other Deadly Sin /Edward X. Delaney stories--is so different from that series, it’s almost as if they had different authors. The First Deadly Sin is not a traditional mystery. The reader knows the killer, Daniel Blank, from the beginning.
The First Deadly Sin: Directed by Brian G. Hutton. With Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, David Dukes, George Coe. A police inspector, nearing retirement, tracks a serial killer who is terrorizing New York.
The First Deadly Sin is a 1980 crime film based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Lawrence Sanders, directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Frank Sinatra and Faye Dunaway. Detective Edward Delaney (Sinatra) is an NYPD homicide cop weeks away from retirement.
Nov 21, 2000 · Plot. NYPD detective Edward Delaney is only several weeks from retirement. His wife Barbara has fallen ill and been taken to hospital. He tries to convince his superiors of the existence of a serial killer but is told to sit back and take it easy until his retirement. He ignores this and decides to pursue the case singlehandedly.
