Cops (film)

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Cops

Theatrical poster for Cops (1922)
Directed by Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton
Produced by Joseph M. Schenck
Written by Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton
Starring Buster Keaton
Virginia Fox
Joe Roberts
Edward F. Cline
Steve Murphy
Editing by Elgin Lessley
Distributed by First National Pictures Inc.
Release date(s) March, 1922
Running time 18 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language Silent film
English (original intertitles)
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Cops is a 1922 comedy short silent film which tells the story of a young man (Buster Keaton) who accidentally gets on the bad side of the entire Los Angeles Police Department during a parade, and is chased all over the town. It was written and directed by Edward F. Cline and Keaton.

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This very Kafka-esque film is Keaton's response to the Fatty Arbuckle scandal and even though his intentions are good, he cannot win, where it seems that he won't escape the fate that he cannot outrun, 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 is able to lock up the cops in the police station. However, the girl he is trying to woo gives him the cold shoulder, disapproving of his behavior. 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, implying Keaton's character was killed.

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.

The films of Buster Keaton
Short Subjects, starring Roscoe Arbuckle, featuring Buster Keaton (1917-1920)

The Butcher Boy • The Rough House • His Wedding Night • Oh Doctor! • Coney Island • A Country Hero • Out West • The Bell Boy • Moonshine • Good Night, Nurse! • The Cook • Back Stage • The Hayseed • The Garage

Short Subjects starring Buster Keaton (1920-1923)

One Week • Convict 13 • The Scarecrow • Neighbors • The Haunted House • Hard Luck • The High Sign • The Goat • The Playhouse • The Boat • The Paleface • Cops • My Wife's Relations • The Blacksmith • The Frozen North • The Electric House • Daydreams • The Balloonatic • The Love Nest

Short Subjects starring Buster Keaton, for Educational Pictures (1934-1937)

The Gold Ghost • Allez Oop • Palooka from Paducah • One Run Elmer • Hayseed Romance • Tars and Stripes • The E-Flat Man • The Timid Young Man • Three on a Limb • Grand Slam Opera • Blue Blazes • The Chemist • Mixed Magic • Jail Bait • Ditto • Love Nest on Wheels

Short Subjects starring Buster Keaton, for Columbia Pictures (1939-1941)

Pest from the West • Mooching Through Georgia • Nothing but Pleasure • Pardon My Berth Marks • The Taming of the Snood • The Spook Speaks • His Ex Marks the Spot • So You Won't Squawk! • General Nuisance • She's Oil Mine

Short Subjects starring Buster Keaton, for independent producers (1952-1966)

Paradise for Buster • Film • The Railrodder • The Scribe

Feature Films starring Buster Keaton (1920-1965)

The Saphead • Three Ages • Our Hospitality • Sherlock, Jr. • The Navigator • Seven Chances • Go West • Battling Butler • The General • College • Steamboat Bill Jr. • The Cameraman • Spite Marriage • Free and Easy • Doughboys • Parlor, Bedroom and Bath • Sidewalks of New York • Casanova wider Willen • The Passionate Plumber • Speak Easily • What! No Beer? • Le Roi des Champs-Élysées • The Invader • Moderno Barba Azul, El • Buster Keaton Rides Again

Feature Films with Buster Keaton, in featured or cameo role (1929-1966)

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 • In the Good Old Summertime • Sunset Boulevard • Limelight • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum • How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
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