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"Since Buster Keaton's girl won't marry him until he's a success, he becomes involved in big business and is outsmarted at every turn. Unwittingly, he becomes involved with the police department in one of the greatest chase scenes on film."@en
""The most famous Keaton short is an epic straight-out chase in which hundreds of uniformed police join in hot pursuit of the elusive Buster"--Videodisc sleeve."@en
"Buster's girl won't marry him until he is successful. His new business enterprise disrupts a police parade and Buster becomes the object of one of cinema's greatest chases."@en
"Buster needs to prove himself as a business man, unwittingly he buys some stolen furniture and becomes entangled with a police parade, anarchist bombs, and of course the owners of the furniture. The film features an epic chase in which hundreds of uniformed police join in hot pursuit of the elusive Mr. Keaton. When Buster helps a rich man into a cab and gains no reward, he picks the man's pocket. Buster pays for the cab, a hustler sees the bankroll and, by pretending the furniture on the street is from the apartment he's just been evicted from, manipulates Buster into "buying" the furniture from him. Thinking this might be just the opportunity he needs to become a "good businessman," Buster borrows a horse-drawn, flat-bedded wagon to move his new belongings. Meanwhile, the family that's simply moving to another address, mistakes the returning Buster for the mover. He drives off in the dangerously swaying cart and accidentally joins a parade of policemen as they pass the Mayor's stand for review. The Mayor's daughter recognizes Buster at once and is mortified as the cart tips over. The waiting family is by now suspicious. The father, a policemen himself, joins the parade, albeit late. He discovers his furniture strewn all over the street, spots Buster, and the chase begins."@en
"Buster ends up with lots of policemen in pursuit of him having innocently joined a parade & become the scapegoat for an anarchist's bomb in this."@en
"Buster Keaton comedy. Buster tries a new business venture to win his girls hand, but unwittingly tangles with the police department when the junk wagon he is driving in the police parade becomes the target of a bombing."
"Buster Keaton comedy. Buster tries a new business venture to win his girls hand, but unwittingly tangles with the police department when the junk wagon he is driving in the police parade becomes the target of a bombing."@en
"A comedy of error and circumstance in which Buster Keaton attempts to win his sweetheart's hand in marriage by becoming a successful businessman. His exploits climax in a confrontation with an entire police precinct."
"A comedy of error and circumstance in which Buster Keaton attempts to win his sweetheart's hand in marriage by becoming a successful businessman. His exploits climax in a confrontation with an entire police precinct."@en
"An innocent man unwittingly commits several crimes while trying to become a "businessman" to impress a girl. Circumstances lead to a classic chase sequence which demonstrates Keaton's mastery of timed sight gags."@en
"Over the course of 1920 to 1923, Buster Keaton evolved from a successful slapstick comedian into one of cinema's most inventive visual stylists, and became an enduring icon of American popular culture. Cops features a massive police chase."@en
"A series of misadventures gets Buster involved in a parade of policemen while he is driving a horse-drawn cart filled with furniture. The result is an intricate chase by the whole police force."
"Shows Buster giving the cops the run-around. Buster's girl refuses to marry him until he is successful."@en
"Buster's girl won't marry him until he's successful in business."@en
"Buster's girl won't marry him until he's successful, which gives him a dandy motivation for his new business enterprise."@en
"Since Buster Keaton's girl won't marry him until he is a success, he becomes involved in big business and is outsmarted at every turn. Unwittingly, he becomes involved with the police department in one of the greatest chase scenes on film."@en
"Cops - finds Buster trying a new business venture to win his girl's hand."@en
"Buster's girl won't marry him until he's successful - a dandy motivation for his new business enterprise. But unwittingly he tangles with the police department and the resulting riot is the grandest chase scene ever filmed."
"Keaton is duped into buying a wagonload of stolen furniture which he wheels into the middle of a police parade. When he unwittingly explodes a bomb, the entire police force gives chase."
"One of Buster Keaton's best short films ever, Cops is a fine showcase of Keaton's physical comedy. A series of mishaps gets him deeper and deeper into trouble, culminating in what appears to be the entire world's police force chasing after him. Keaton's efforts to elude them are both inventive and funny. This short also contains a classic sequence with a horse and an overfull wagon load of furniture."
"While trying to win the heart of a young lady, Buster Keaton gets himself into much trouble with the police and ends up turning himself in."@en
""Buster Keaton, arguably the greatest comedian that ever lived, enthralled audiences with his unique, clever, and outrageous comedy. Here in the short, silent film Cops, Keaton does it again by employing his patented physical inventiveness and playful storytelling. In love with a greedy girl, Keaton sets out to make himself a rich businessman to impress her. Through a set of convoluted complications, Keaton ends up stealing furniture, acquiring a horse and wagon, and enraging the entire city police force to the point that they ALL chase him! Eluding hundreds and hundreds of men in uniform, Keaton's acrobatic and athletic stunts never cease to amaze and amuse as he defies every last policeman. A pillar of artistic achievement, Cops boasts one of the greatest chase scenes ever recorded and is one of Keaton's best films."--Publisher's web site."
"One of the finest of Keaton's two-reelers is a Kafkaesque comic fable about a man alone fleeing from his fellow human beings. He sets out at the behest of his girl to make his fortune and finds himself pursued by what seems like the entire police force of New York."@en
"Buster's girl (Virginia Fox) won't marry him until he is successful. His new business enterprise disrupts a police parade and Buster becomes the object of cinema's greatest chase."