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== Episode Info ==
'''<big>Convicts at Large</big>'''
*'''Filmed:''' 74
*'''Aired:''' 74
*'''Original Air Date:''' 1962/12/10
*'''Writer(s):''' Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum
*'''Director:''' Bob Sweeney

==Plot Summary==
Barney and Floyd are held hostage by a gang of escaped female convicts who have 
been hiding in O'Malley's cabin outside of town. Andy, who spots Floyd (with one of the convicts)in town 
buying groceries, thinks they have a little party 
going on until O'Malley arrives back in town on the bus. Andy and O'Malley 
engineer a clever scheme and capture all but the ringleader, Big Maude, whom 
Barney manages to tango out the door and into cuffs.

== Odd Facts Known by Few ==
* Actress Reta Shaw, who played "Big Maude Tyler", would later appear in Episode 116, "The Song Festers," as Barney's voice teacher "Eleanora Poultice".
* Actress Jane Dulo was in the Elvis movie "Roustabout".
* Naomi and her husbands song is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Butterfly Poor Butterfly]. Later heard on [[ My_Fair_Ernest_T._Bass_(TAGS_Episode)|My Fair Ernest T. Bass]] (20:10 mins) at Mrs. Wiley's.
* This was Howard McNear's last episode before suffering a stroke.  He returned in the 1964 episode [[Divorce, Mountain Style (TAGS Episode)|Divorce, Mountain Style]]
* Actress Jean Carson is perhaps better known as "Fun Girl" Skippy. 
* Charlie O'Malley's father-in-law owns Jenson Orthopedic Loafers. 
* It is never stated, but Floyd and Barney must have found gas at O'Malley's at some unseen point while being held hostage, as Floyd's car is used to drive into town for groceries.

== Character List ==
* Andy Griffith	- Andy Taylor
* Knotts - Barney Fife 
* Howard McNear - Floyd Lawson 
* Reta Shaw - Big Maude Tyler 
* Jane Dulo - Sally 
* Jean Carson - Naomi Connors 
* Willis Bouchey - Charlie O'Malley 


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