This very Kafka-esque film is Keaton's response to the Fatty Arbuckle scandal.[citation needed] Even though the central character's intentions are good, he cannot win, no matter how inventively he tries. He gets into various scraps with police officers throughout the film. Eventually, he unwittingly throws a bomb into a police parade and ends up being chased by a horde of cops.
At the end of the film, Keaton's character locks up the cops in the police station. However, the girl he is trying to woo disapproves of his behavior and gives him the cold shoulder. Therefore, he unlocks the police station and is immediately pulled in by the cops. The film ends with the title "The End" written on a tombstone with Keaton's pork pie hat propped on it.
One of Keaton's most iconic and brilliantly-constructed short films, Cops was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry in 1997.。每段影片都会以二个孩子-欧立和汉娜准备上床睡觉前的对话作为开始,谈谈他们今天发生的事情,这时脑海中会浮现这一天中发生最重要的事情并回想起情境,当情感和影像瞬间掠过眼前,神奇的时刻就在床边发生了!他们可爱的宠物蜘蛛-蘇西这时就会很逗趣的从她的小窝滑落下来和孩子们聊一会儿。