Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Buster Keaton
Elmer
Lead
Dorothea Kent
Elmer's Girl
Broderick O'Farrell
Mr. Reynolds
Si Jenks
Farmer
Fern Emmett
Farmer's Wife
Charles McAvoy
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JS
Jack Shutta
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Matthew Betz
Hood with Toothache (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles Lamont's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The E-Flat Man is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
