故事发生在禁酒令执行期间,私酒买卖成为了黑帮分子们赚钱谋利的最佳手段。达利(大卫·帕特里克·凯利 David Patrick Kelly 饰)和史托兹(尼德·艾森伯格 Ned Eisenberg 饰)分别是爱尔兰黑手党和意大利黑手党的首脑,两个帮派因为争夺地盘的问题而闹得剑拔弩张。 某日,镇上来了一位神秘的流浪抢手,自称史密斯(布鲁斯·威利斯 Bruce Willis 饰),经验丰富的他很快就看出了盘旋在小镇上空一触即发的紧张气氛,喜欢铤而走险的史密斯决定在此大捞一笔。史密斯游走于达利和史托兹之间,很快就赚得盆满钵满,然而,没过多久,他就发现,自己陷入了危机之中,成为了两大黑手党都想要除掉的对象。。Shaun a Southern California surfer, his dad's plan to move to mountains of Montana crushes him until he meets a dog who can snowboard. With the help of his canine friend, he is set to make a run for the annual snowboarding championship.。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.。