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.。骑兵队长约克驻守在得克萨斯州的要塞里,与印第安人发生了军事磨擦,儿子加入了他的部队,妻子也迫不及待的搬入了要塞。在家庭矛盾面前,他顽固的军官性格差点毁了整个家庭,但最终重归于好。在出现家庭的完美结局的同时,战斗也以印第安人的失败而告终……。