The First Deadly Sin is a 1980 American crime-drama film written by Mann Rubin, directed by Brian G. Hutton; starring the late Frank Sinatra and Faye Dunaway. It is based off of the 1973 novel of the same name written by Lawrence Sanders.
A soon-to-be-retired police officer investigates a series of murders committed with an ice axe while dealing with a sick wife in the hospital.
Victims[]
- Bernard Gilbert - Stabbed in the back of the skull by Daniel Blank with an ice axe.
- Jesse Torrez - Stabbed in the back of the skull by Daniel Blank with an ice axe a week prior to the film, mentioned.
- Unnamed Woman - Drowned off-screen, body seen.
- Ruddy - Stabbed in the back of the skull by Daniel Blank with an ice axe three years prior to the film, mentioned.
- Palacio - Stabbed in the back of the skull by Daniel Blank with an ice axe three years prior to the film, mentioned.
- Compton - Stabbed in the back of the skull by Daniel Blank with an ice axe three years prior to the film, mentioned.
- Sierra - Stabbed in the back of the skull by Daniel Blank with an ice axe two years prior to the film, mentioned.
- Johnson - Stabbed in the back of the skull by Daniel Blank with an ice axe two years prior to the film, mentioned.
- Hernandez - Stabbed in the back of the skull by Daniel Blank with an ice axe a year prior to the film, mentioned.
- Morgan - Stabbed in the back of the skull by Daniel Blank with an ice axe a year prior to the film, mentioned.
- Raner - Stabbed in the back of the skull by Daniel Blank with an ice axe a year prior to the film, mentioned.
- Albert Feinberg - Stabbed multiple times by Daniel Blank with an ice axe and accidentally ran over by an unnamed man when he fled out into the road.
- Daniel Blank - Shot in the head by Edward Delaney with a Luger pistol.
- Barbara Delaney - Succumbed to a kidney stone infection.
Deaths[]
- Total - 14
- 12 Men
- 2 Women
Kill Counts[]
- Daniel Blank - 11 (Deceased)
- Edward Delaney - 1 (Alive)