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.

　　故事發(fā)生在20世紀(jì)70年代的美國，帕特里夏（托妮·科萊特 Toni Collette 飾）和父親斯坦（弗蘭克·穆爾 Frank Moore 飾）過著相依為命的生活。因為童年時代不幸的經(jīng)歷，帕特里夏渴望擁有一個屬于自己的孩子，她用過人工授精的方式懷孕了，誕下了一個男孩，取名為亨利（杰森·斯佩瓦克 Jason Spevack 飾）。
　　在9個月大時，亨利便已經(jīng)展現(xiàn)出了異于常人的天賦和智商，但他的聰明伶俐卻并沒有令他過得更加的幸福快樂。亨利渴望知道誰是自己的父親，于是，在斯坦的幫助下，亨利踏上了尋父之旅，并且最終將目標(biāo)鎖定在了一個名叫斯拉夫金（麥克·辛 Michael Sheen 飾）的男人身上，與此同時，亨利還得知，自己還有一個同父異母的姐姐奧黛麗（薩曼莎·溫斯坦 Samantha Weinstein 飾）。