Cops
Cops is a 1922 American two-reel silent comedy film about 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 town. It was written and directed by Edward F. Cline and Keaton.
Plot
This very Kafka-esque film was filmed during the rape-and-murder trial of Fatty Arbuckle, a circumstance that may have influenced the short's tone of hopeless ensnarement. 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.
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author | Buster Keaton Edward F. Cline |
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director | Buster Keaton Edward F. Cline |
genre | comedy |
keywords | end fatty arbuckle kafka library of congress national film registry police officer police station pork pie hat short film |
producer | Joseph M. Schenck |
publisher | First National Pictures |
theme | short silent |