先进概念研究所的一堆科学家们设计了一个愚蠢的恶作剧。他们把一个人洗脑,并告诉他,他是个出生时就被遗弃的外星人。他越狱后试图改变美国文化废除所有电视信号改用高能量电视发射机,此举使其成为一个全国名人。。1945年8月,抗日战争刚刚落下帷幕,而国民内战剑拔弩张,一触即发。蒋介石假意邀请毛泽东(王斑饰)赴湘重庆谈判,他一面多方打听毛的动向,一面又命令戴笠(孙磊岩饰)大肆捕杀国统区的共产党人,和平的上空阴云密布。抗战期间牺牲的定远将军的独子赵云飞(秦俊杰饰)来到国民党军统无线电监听科报到,之后被安排审查共党的红色宣传品。在大量审读宣传品的过程中,他渐渐为真理和我党隐蔽战线同志的高尚坚毅品格所感召,内心信仰发生动摇。与此同时,国统区的乌烟瘴气、腐朽不堪以及残酷恐怖都促使赵云飞选择更为崇高的信仰。 动荡的年代,崇高的选择,时代的召唤!。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.。