When New York City police officer O'Malley learns of a young man who is about to embark on a life of crime by taking part in a robbery, he takes the boy aside and tells him the story of Boomerang Bill, another wanna-be gangster who wanted to be a big shot in the New York crime scene. It seems that Bill fell for a pretty young dance-hall girl, and went up against local gang boss Tony the Wop when he insulted her. Tony, who never forgot a slight, found a way to make things very, very tough for Boomerang Bill, in a way that he never saw coming.
某街区发生一起绑架凶杀命案,警方苦于没有罪犯线索。一名城市快报的记者灵感突现,将目标锁定在江洋大盗舒德•麦迪什身上。他和同样供职于报社却哭无出头之日的室友(Buster Keaton 巴斯特•基顿 饰)制定一个周密的计划,由室友假冒麦迪什认罪入狱,因开警方的注意力,而记者则负责追踪麦迪什,最后赢取奖金平分。为前所困的室友答应了这个计划,千方百计成功将自己送入监狱。
某天,他从报纸上看到,记者乘坐的飞机坠毁,机组乘客无一生还,失去依靠的他不得不想办法逃离这里……
A 12-episode serial in which Tailspin Tommy evades volcanoes, anti-aircraft shells, and time bombs as he foils a plan by corrupt profiteers to steal an island's oil reserves.
Elmer and his girlfriend run away to elope and spend their trip trying to dodge the police who are on their trail after they mistakenly make their getaway in a police car.