The E-Flat Man

The E-Flat Man

1935 · 20 min · ★ 5.6 · Comedy

Elmer attempts to elope with his fiancée, but they escape her parents by driving off in a car that's actually owned by a wanted gangster. When they hear on the radio that the police are looking for them, they dump the car and hide out near a farmhouse. But the farmer's radio also broadcasts the couple's description, so they run away and start hitchhiking, only to be picked up by two policemen. They manage to flee into a railroad yard and hop a train that turns out to be refrigerated. Finally they decide to turn themselves in -- just as they learn that the real crooks have been apprehended.

Directed by Charles Lamont · Written by Charles Lamont

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Buster Keaton Elmer
Dorothea Kent Elmer's Girl
Broderick O'Farrell Mr. Reynolds
Si Jenks Farmer
Fern Emmett Farmer's Wife
Charles McAvoy
Jack Shutta
Matthew Betz Hood with Toothache (uncredited)
Bud Jamison Cop (uncredited)

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