Cops

Cops (1922)
Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline

A 1922 American silent comedy short film starring Buster Keaton, about a young man who accidentally gets on the bad side of the entire Los Angeles Police Department during a parade and is chased all over town. In 1997, this film was selected by the Library of Congress to be included in the first class of films for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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Cast and Crew
Cast
Role	Actor
	Buster Keaton
	Virginia Fox
	Joe Roberts
	Edward F. Cline
Crew
Distributor	First National
Director	Edward F. Cline (d. 1961), Buster Keaton (d. 1966)
Producer	Joseph M. Schenck (d. 1961)
Screenwriter	Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Cinematographer	Elgin Lessley (d. 1944)
Editor	Elgin Lessley
Based on available information, the latest crew member that is relevant to international copyright laws died in 1966, meaning that this film may be in the public domain in countries and jurisdictions with 57 years p.m.a. or less, as well as in the United States.

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3836619Cops1922Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline

Joseph M. Schenk Presents
"Buster" Keaton
in
COPS
A First National Attraction

Written and directed by
"BUSTER" KEATON
and
EDDIE CLINE

Love laughs at locksmiths.
—Houdini

"I won't marry you until you become a big business man."

"I've telephoned for the expressman."

"I'm broke and they threw me out."

"If I don't sell my furniture my wife and babies will starve."

"I'll buy it and prove I'm a good business man."

FOR SALE
$ 5.

439 Watches
Jeweler MONEY TO LOAN Diamonds
Guns 439

4 Flushing Place

"Maybe he was arrested for speeding."

DR.SMITH

GOAT GLAND
SPECIALIST

Once a year the citizens of every city know where they can find a policeman.

"I'm pleased to meet the daughter of our mayor."

"Get some cops to protect our policemen."

"Do you suppose anything could've happened to our furniture?"

5^TH PRECINCT POLICE STATION

THE
END

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1922, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1966, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 57 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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