Product: Chiefs [Region 2] (1983)
Rating: 5.0
A Riveting Mini-Series
Chiefs is a different murder mystery in that you know who the killer is from part one. The rest of the series is spent concentrating on solving the several cases of missing young men and how history's events affects the citizens of the fictional town of Delano, Georgia, and the generations of police chiefs over a span of 40 plus years.In part one, set in the 1920's, the first police chief of Delano, Will Henry Lee, played by Wayne Rogers, is innocent and unassuming. But after the body of a young man is found murdered, Chief Lee is forced to confront an evil that, before now, the town never knew.In part two, the series opens with the end of World War II and Delano's soldiers being welcomed home in a gala parade. Sonny Butts, played by Brad Davis, the most decorated soldier from Delano, is hired to the police force. Sonny is soon appointed chief, but his beliefs soon have him on the wrong side of the badge.In the final part, Delano gets its first black chief, Tyler Watts (Billy Dee Williams). This is now the 1960's and racial tensions, to say the least, are running high. Tyler tries to get beyond the discrimination and do his job, which includes solving all the missing persons cases that has now been going on for over forty years.A wonderful cast including Charlton Heston, Victoria Tennant, and Keith Carridine make "Chiefs" a suspenseful, entertaining show.