Cops (film)
| Cops | |
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| Directed by | Edward F. Cline Buster Keaton |
| Written by | Edward F. Cline Buster Keaton |
| Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
| Starring | Buster Keaton Virginia Fox Joe Roberts Edward F. Cline Steve Murphy |
| Cinematography | Elgin Lessley |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures Inc. |
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Running time | 18 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English (original intertitles) |
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. 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.
It 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.