一个生活无聊而又极端讨厌电视的发明家在自己的家中制造了一台电磁波发射装置,可以通过电波将拥有杀伤力的信号反射回电视台。杀死直播节目中出现的人。凶手以此取乐。而当他的阴谋被发现时,军方却夺走了该装置,准备用作战争武器。。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.。菲利普·德朗布尔(布雷特·海尔赛 Brett Halsey饰)决定完成父亲的遗志,实现他生前留下的实验。但是菲利普的叔叔弗朗索瓦·德朗布尔(文森特·普莱斯 Vincent Price饰)拒绝提供任何帮助。无奈的菲利普只能雇佣艾伦·海因斯(大卫·弗兰克汉姆 David F rankham饰)来帮助自己,并动用父亲留下的资金。可是实验装备还没齐全资金就耗尽了。当菲利普威胁叔叔弗朗索瓦要卖掉属于父亲的那一半财产时,弗朗索瓦突然一百八十度大转弯,不仅态度有所缓和,还答应借给他资金。几经周折,时空交错机器终于启动,它能够将物体分解传输到另一个地方再重组。然而艾伦却是名为罗纳德的一名工业间谍,他的邪恶阴谋正在一步步向菲利普逼近。
这部也是由二十世纪福克斯公司于1959年推出的《变蝇人回归》是1958年拍摄的恐怖电影《变蝇人》的续集,相较于彩色的《变蝇人》本片被拍摄成了黑白影片。1965年二十世纪福克斯公司再次推出它的姊妹篇《变蝇人的诅咒》。。