The E-Flat Man

The E-Flat Man

20 mins | Comedy | Aug. 9, 1935

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.

The E-Flat Man

20 mins | Comedy | Aug. 9, 1935

The E-Flat Man
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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers
Original title The E-Flat Man
Directors Charles Lamont
Writers Glen Lambert, Charles Lamont

Cast

Buster Keaton

as Elmer

Dorothea Kent

as Elmer's Girl

Broderick O'Farrell

as Mr. Reynolds

Si Jenks

as Farmer

Fern Emmett

as Farmer's Wife