The Convict
"The Convict" is the ninth episode of the third season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's 37th overall. It first aired on November 30, 2006 in the United States on NBC. The episode was the series' only original script written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, who are the creators of the original British comedy series of the same name. It was directed by Jeffrey Blitz, his first such credit of the series.
The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton and Stamford branches of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, Michael Scott (Steve Carell) discovers that an employee named Martin Nash (Wayne Wilderson), who came with the branches' recent merger, was previously in prison. Michael becomes frustrated when Martin's stories of prison sound better than working in the office. Meanwhile, Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) plays a prank on Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) by giving incorrect information to Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) on how to impress her.
The Convict (1910 film)
The Convict is a 1910 American silent short comedy produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film begins with a convict walking down the road, he is spotted and it begins a wild chase with more people becoming involved in the pursuit as it continues. The convict gets in a carriage and leaps away, successfully eluding all the pursuers except for a little girl. The convict then runs to the water and takes a boat from another accomplice and the chase continues in water and on land. The convict gets ashore and escapes, taking a car and flees to town. The police are notified and set a trap, but the convict avoids the growing crowd of pursuers until he arrives at the theater. There "the convict" takes a pose under an advertisement and the pursuers understand it was all an advertising ploy, they purchase tickets and go to see the film. The film was released on September 23, 1910, it was the first part of a split-reel production that included A Husband's Jealous Wife. The film was met with positive reviews though the film is presumed lost.
'The Convict' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
The Lines in Their Faces (2014)
Actors: Fabian Alomar (actor), Joao Bounassar (actor), CJ Brady (actor), Diana Cotero (actor), Sean Patrick Irvin (actor), David A. Lockhart (actor), Troy Mittleider (actor), Hudson O'Brien (actor), Diana Cotero (actress), Camille Montgomery (actress), Maggie Wagner (actress), Waide Aaron Riddle (producer), Waide Aaron Riddle (writer), Michael Crane (composer), Waide Aaron Riddle (director),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,The Lines in Their Faces (2014)
Actors: Fabian Alomar (actor), Joao Bounassar (actor), CJ Brady (actor), Diana Cotero (actor), Sean Patrick Irvin (actor), David A. Lockhart (actor), Troy Mittleider (actor), Hudson O'Brien (actor), Diana Cotero (actress), Camille Montgomery (actress), Maggie Wagner (actress), Waide Aaron Riddle (producer), Waide Aaron Riddle (writer), Michael Crane (composer), Waide Aaron Riddle (director),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Silo Killer 2: The Wrath of Kyle (2009)
Actors: Buck Buckingham (actor), Keith Buckingham (actor), Todd Buckingham (actor), Chad Campbell (actor), Kevin Clouser (actor), Will Eisenhuth (actor), Carter Hagerman (actor), David C. Hayes (actor), Richard Kindle (actor), Bobby Koning (actor), Mike Melcher (actor), Daniel Mendelson (actor), Kevin Moyers (actor), Scott Quinn (actor), Scott Alden (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Western,Quotes:
The Oxen: You shot me in the goonads!Silo Killer (2002)
Actors: Todd Buckingham (actor), Dave Conti (actor), Jared Conti (actor), Will Eisenhuth (actor), Carter Hagerman (actor), Carter Hagerman (actor), Richard Kindle (actor), Brian Lorig (actor), Brandon Malone (actor), Brian Reid (actor), Keith T. Wilson (actor), Katie Carroll (actress), Carol Kindle (actress), Keary Koning (actress), Scott Alden (actor),
Plot: College kids prepared for everything for their weekend camping trip in the Arizona desert... Except for a mad dog killer who plans on killing them one by one and stacking their dead bodies into an anbandoned grain silo.
Genres: Horror,Taglines: It's Harvest Time! The Arizona desert ... hot, dry, bloody!
Quotes:
Duke: Hey boys! Now all I need's a beaver hat and I'm dressed for Easter.Lyle: "No it's true... I gotta aunt who worked in a nuclear plant and she's got a third nut to prove it."
Gangster: You are a frame of man.
Lyle: [to Duke] Boy, you are dumber than a bag of shit. [quickly to Stu] But, he's got a heart of gold though!
Lorna (1964)
Actors: Frank Bolger (actor), Mark Bradley (actor), James Griffith (actor), Hal Hopper (actor), Fred Owens (actor), Ken Parker (actor), James Rucker (actor), Doc Scortt (actor), Althea Currier (actress), Lorna Maitland (actress), Eve Meyer (producer), Russ Meyer (producer), James Griffith (writer), Russ Meyer (writer), James Griffith (composer),
Plot: Lorna has been married to Jim for a year, but still hasn't been satisfied sexually. While Jim is working at the salt mine, she is raped by an escaped convict, but falls in lust with him. Meanwhile Jim's buddies are giving him a hard time about Lorna's supposed infidelity, not realizing how close to the mark they really are. Trouble starts when Jim gets home early from work because it's their anniversary.
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, adultery, breaking-the-fourth-wall, character-name-in-title, criminal, desire, erotica, escapee, female-nudity, independent-filmGenres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: Lorna Maitland - a wanton of unparalleled emotion... unrestrained earthiness...destined to set a new standard of voluptuous beauty. More than a woman's name Introducing Lorna Maitland . . . incredibly voluptuous The boldest attempt yet to portray life as it can be . . . without compromise . . . without dishonesty . . . without artistic surrender. Too Much For One Man ! Every wonder why wives WANDER? Lorna: a woman... too much for one man. Longing...Love...Lust...Life
Quotes:
Lorna: [speaks to herself... ] Wham, bam thank you mam. [... thinks to herself] Is it me? Why can't they tell me what's wrong? Why can't he make love to me like the way he should? If he could only make me feel... the way HE feels when he... if he starts slowly... I'm a woman not just a tool. Tomorrow will make one year... happy anniversary to me. He's probably forgotten what day it will be...Luther: Well, if she's getting all her sleep in the night time... she must be real busy in the day time.
The Adventurer (1917)
Actors: Albert Austin (actor), Monta Bell (actor), Henry Bergman (actor), Eric Campbell (actor), Charles Chaplin (actor), Frank J. Coleman (actor), James T. Kelley (actor), Toraichi Kono (actor), John Rand (actor), Tiny Sandford (actor), Loyal Underwood (actor), Phyllis Allen (actress), Marta Golden (actress), Edna Purviance (actress), Janet Sully (actress),
Plot: Charlie escapes from prison. After rescuing a girl and her mother from drowning, Charlie is invited to their home where a big party is held and he is treated like a hero. However, as a result Charlie's photo is printed in the newspapers and the prison guards come after him.
Keywords: adventurer, butler, convict, dance, dancing, drowning, escaped-convict, fall-from-height, false-identity, gunGenres: Comedy, Short,
Quotes:
Title Card: [opening title card] The man hunt.Title Card: [closing title card] The prison guard is also being entertained.
The Convict's Threat (1915)
Actors: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson (actor), Lloyd Bacon (actor), Mervyn A. Breslauer (actor), Robert Burroughs (actor), Joe Cassidy (actor), Bill Cato (actor), Robert McKenzie (actor), Victor Potel (actor), Warren Sawyer (actor), Harry Todd (actor), Ben Turpin (actor), Leo West (actor), Lee Willard (actor), Darr Wittenmyer (actor), Marguerite Clayton (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Under the Shadow of the Law (1913)
Actors: Lionel Barrymore (actor), Harry Carey (actor), John T. Dillon (actor), Walter Miller (actor), Charles West (actor), Nan Christy (actress), Claire McDowell (actress), Kate Toncray (actress), Harry Carey (writer), Harry Carey (writer), Anthony O'Sullivan (director),
Genres: Drama, Short,The Convict's Daughter (1912)
Actors: Warwick Buckland (actor), Flora Morris (actress), Warwick Buckland (writer), Warwick Buckland (director),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Short,A Bird of Freedom (1908)
Actors: William Barker (actor), Charles Raymond (director),
Genres: Drama, Short,