The First Deadly Sin
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The First Deadly Sin (1980)
AIP Production #8007
Jeff and Cheryl discover that murder, not pride, is The First Deadly Sin.
Executive Producers, Frank Sinatra and Elliott Kastner
Screenplay by Mann Rubin
from the novel by Lawrence Sanders
Produced by George Pappas & Mark Shanker
Directed by Brian G. Hutton
Starring:
Frank Sinatra as Edward Delaney
Faye Dunaway as Barbara Delaney
James Whitmore as Dr. Sanford Ferguson
David Dukes as Daniel Bank
Brenda Vaccaro as Monica Gilbert
Martin Gabel as Christopher Langley
Anthony Zerbe as Captain Broughton
Additional Cast:
George Coe as Dr. Bernardi
Joe Spinell as Charles Lipsky
Anna Navarro as Sunny Jordeen
Jeffrey DeMunn as Sergeant Fernadez Correlli
John Devaney as John Rogers
Robert Weil as Sol Appel
Hugh Hurd as Ben Johnson
Jon DeVries as Calvin Sawtell
Eddie Jones as Officer Curdy
Victor Arnold as Officer Kendall
Frank Bongiorno as Nick
Reuben Green as Bill Garvin
Tom Signorelli as Carl Lucas
Richard Backus as Walt Ashman
Frederick Rolf as Judge James Braggs
Carol Gustafson as Matron
Michael Ingram as Bernard Gilbert
Bill Couch as Albert Feinberg
Larry Loonin as Hardware Salesman
Denise Lute as Sports Clerk Girl
Robert Cendello as Night Doorman
Sherman Jones as Detective #1
Nicholas Cairis as Detective #2
Bruce McLane as Detective #3
Scott Palmer as Lab Technician
David Vaszuez as Boy #1 on Bus
Ramón Franco as Boy #2 on Bus
Leila Danette as Woman on Step #1
Rosalyn Braverman as Woman on Step #2
Sophia Sopher as Hooker #2
Billi Vitale as Hooker #3
Nan Whitehead as Hooker #4
Chico Kasindir as Street Kid #1
Paul M. Hunt as Street Kid #2
Dadi Pinero as Street Kid #3
Riki Colon as Street Kid #4
Nick DeMarinis as Tax Driver
Henry E. Bradley as Maintenance Man #1
Jay Hargrove as Maintenance Man #2
Don Jay as Policeman
James Hayden as Young Policeman
Deborah Howell as Nurse
Lydea Meléndez as Nurse
Iliana Barsann as Nurse
Pearl Franklin as Nurse
Ellen Weiss as Nurse
Theta Tucker as Nurse
David Gideon as Doctor
Floyd Katske as Doctor
Vanessa Pesce as Kid
Vivian Oswald as Kid
Gloria Suave as Prisoner
An Artanis-Cinema VII Production
A Filmways Release
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Our open and close is comprised of clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)
