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 min.
Language English (original titlecards)
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Cops is a 1922 comedy short 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.

One of Keaton's most iconic and brilliantly-constructed short films, Cops has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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