COLLECTION · Series · 1983

Chiefs

Name: Chiefs
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Duration: 70 min
Rating: 7.9

Three different police chiefs in three different eras become involved in a growing mystery -- who is the mass murderer behind the killing of transient youths in and around the fictional southern town of Delano over a forty year period?

Source: TMDB

* 7.9 (21)CrimeDramaMysteryUnited States

Creators

Robert W. Lenski

Countries

United States

Studios

CBS · Highgate Pictures

Runtime

70 min/ep

Age rating

Release

13/11/1983

Score

7.9 / 10 (21)

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Seasons and episodes

Miniseries

3 episodes · 1983

Episode 1. Part 1

1983-11-13 · 70 min

The new police chief of the young, thriving 1920's southern city of Delano is confronted with petty theft, Klan activities and, above all, the deaths of a number of young boys which lead him to suspect the doings of a serial killer.

Episode 2. Part 2

1983-11-15 · 70 min

The baby-boom years in Delano after World War II see the appointment of an ill-suited veteran as the new Police Chief, resulting in graft, police brutality and racial discrimination, while the crimes of a serial killer remain unsolved.

Episode 3. Part 3

1983-11-16 · 70 min

While Kennedy liberalism in the early 1960s offers new challenges and possibilities, the courageous appointment of a new sheriff and the resolution of a decades long hunt for a serial killer bring closure and new hope to Delano.

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