Chiefs [1983] [Region 2 UK DVD]

First saw this in my childhood under title Once Upon a Murder - still v good and dvd played fine.

Chiefs (AU) Excellent. I first saw this many years ago. Is very clever the way the storyline works its way around the different Police Chiefs who are present amongst a serial killer of young boys and how they each so nearly come close to catching him, but then through course of events he manages to keep getting away with it and this goes on for 40 years with a total of 42 and 1 very bad Police Chief who abuses his authority. There is also the KKK thrown in and it gives an overall insight to a particular time in the early century in deep South America. Is interesting and gripping at times.

Very poor copies, hard to hear at times, found the series on youtube, slightly better!

Perhaps you need to have lived the 80's to understand the slower pace that dramas of that era have. But the pace of the story is important to show the development of a small town in troubled times that has a far greater story waiting to be revealed. Great cast, with cameo's from actors that you now recognise as household names. I only saw this mini-series once before when it was aired in Ireland in the 80's. Always remebered it and was delighted to add to my DVD collection.

The DVD Chiefs movie itself is great and I was really looking forward to seeing it again as I really enjoyed it the first time I saw it on TV and was not disappointed on that score. Really gripping drama and did not want to turn it off once it started. However, while I received the DVD very promptly, the quality and sound is not great. I know that the series was aired on TV a long time ago but I have received DVDs of much older movies and they were of much better quality. Really good drama series but disappointing reception. Sorry.

I choose this rating because it was a little disappointing to view. The sound quality was poor and the picture was dark. I know it was an old recording.

I remember this series on TV many years ago. The fact that it was digitally remastered made the difference.

Set in during the depression and beyond, this film covers the lives of several successive Police Chiefs in the small town of Delano where white supremacy ruled initially and where the culmination of the story sees the first coloured police chief. The story also features the disappearance of several young men whom, it is eventually discovered have been murdered by a local inhabitant.

30年ほど前、NHKで放映された折の感動をずっと心に抱き、10年ほど前「レンタル落ち」のVHS（全３巻）を奇跡的に入手できた時は、本当に感涙ものでした。そして、今回はDVDを発見し、「再び奇跡が起こった」と喜んだのは、これぞ「糠喜び」・・・。あまりのカットの多さに愕然としました。オリジナルは90分×3巻＝270分なのに、このDVDは何と200分×1巻＝「70分のカット」なのです。これは、あまりにひどい。日本語音声と日本語字幕が（さらには英語字幕も）ないことは譲るとしても、このカットは・・・。3巻ものでいいから、ノーカット版をぜひ出してほしいです。（あ、それとできれば英語字幕もやはり、ぜひ。南部なまりの英語は、どうも聞きづらくて・・・。）

Eine spannende Serie jetzt endlich auf DVD. Die Qualität ist für den Preis völlig in Ordnung. Bin sehr zufrieden. Die Lieferung war superschnell.

Très content, téléfilm que je voulais absolument au revoir

La vi hace 35 años .era una niña y me impacto.y ahora la he vuelto a ver.

Parfait mais hélas ce n'est pas la version française.