话说满清打下天下，江山传到咸丰一朝。随着腐朽僵化的王朝一再滑落，外忧内患之际，反清复明以及推翻满人政权的革命火种如星星之火般蔓延开来，并越烧越旺。落榜举人洪秀全建立太平天国，此事成为令满清皇帝最为头疼的威胁之一。旅居海外多年的林海南（邱建国 饰）辗转回到故土，试图用华侨们凑集的巨款支援太平天国。谁知清廷早已得知消息，派出心狠手辣、诡计多端的崔佐邦（徐学义 饰）半路阻击。林海南得到戏班花锦绣的救助，并凭借一身武艺击退恶霸，挣得了“南拳王”的名号，谁知却因此使花锦绣遭遇灭顶之灾。历经苦难转交巨款之后，海南和戏班幸存者们苦练武功，发誓一定要向崔佐邦报仇……

故事发生在位于澳门的一条小街之上，在这里，居住着一位带着四个女儿的母亲。大女儿罗曼英（李婷 饰）个性爽朗，总能够给家中带来欢乐的气氛。二女儿罗兰心（胡燕妮 饰）天真乐观，对未来充满了美好的愿景。三女儿罗倩美（祝菁 饰）到了对爱情产生好奇的年龄，希望有朝一日能够邂逅属于自己的情缘。四女儿罗竹君（冯宝宝 饰）虽然年纪很小但志气很大，脑袋里塞满了古灵精怪的念头。一晃眼多年过去，四个姑娘都出落成为了亭亭玉立的少女。罗曼英终于获得了属于自己的家庭，过着平静但是祥和的日子。罗兰心获得了出国深造的机会，她将这个机会让给了罗倩美，自己则前往香港追梦。

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.

电影展现了抗美援朝战争历时2年零9个月后胜利结束的峥嵘历程。战争激发了全国人民热火朝天的生产建设积极性，前方和后方相互激励、共同推进。“中国人民志愿军”成为坚强、不屈、勇敢的代名词，永远铭刻于世界战史。