# greatest entrances in movie history **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469 "2019-03-24T21:51:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/121 "2019-04-06T05:05:01Z")
Luicana Paluzzi in Thunderball. She gets 3 in one movie. Motorcycle, taking off the helmet revealing that great mane of red hair. Picking up Bond the the Mustang Being in Bond’s bathtub. ---
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> [@Labdad](#): > > Roman Polanski in “Chinatown:” > > [“Hold it there, kitty cat!”](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8SPakQ7hH6I) :smack:_That_ one I was forgetting. A much meeker, sadder and disturbing entrance from the same flick, Dunaway’s daughter / sister is tentatively led down the stairs to be introduced to Jack. The [not-stalky-in-the-slightest](https://youtu.be/rIi6slbOeUo?t=475)entrance from Sandra Bernhard in _King of Comedy_ ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/123 "2019-04-06T17:29:15Z")
Orson Wells in The Third Man ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/124 "2019-04-08T02:06:31Z")
Can’t remember if this was already mentioned - Raymond Massey as the [happy-go-lucky Jonathan Brewster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GeN1th-nLg) in _Arsenic and Old Lace._ ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/125 "2019-04-08T05:47:34Z")
Memory jogged by the recent ‘Inglorious Basterds’ thread: When we see the ‘Hugo Stiglitz’ character introduced. Standing atop a bluff, with bone-crunching electric guitar power chords and his name lit up like a neon sign. Humorous and interesting in the incongruousness of modern hard rock accenting a WW2 themed movie. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/126 "2019-04-16T23:56:43Z")
Marlon Brando (Apocalypse Now) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/127 "2021-06-16T04:16:24Z")
hey why not a little de-zombifying… Speaking of zombies…returning from a long dip in [_Carnival of Souls._](https://youtu.be/jW_DftBegZs?t=4661) (click immediately to full screen! 😀) [Mr. Creosote](https://youtu.be/GxRnenQYG7I?t=43) (nice violin score) > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Harold (Leonard Frey) in **The Boys in the Band** > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRS4uSAP9qs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRS4uSAP9qs) Yep. Pretty cool. But dang how could I forget… THE greatest entrance in the history of film, sorta… Bobby Peru in _Wild at Heart_ [suavely saunters by friends.](https://youtu.be/EsDZkQVw8Ag?list=PL5Td6WZ78Wu2ZTnDZrdnfK6yP5fDVEj2k&t=66) My eyes moisten at the refined sublimity. (might be NSFW) ETA: ok not their first entrance in the movie itself, but it’s stll an entrance of note - from [Spinal Tap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiR4kQRY510) ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/128 "2021-06-17T00:15:54Z")
Another vote for Tim. Not many entrances are as over-the-top as that one - and that’s even before you see his iconic outfit. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/129 "2021-06-17T00:23:52Z")
Until I looked at the post you were responding to, I thought you were talking about Tim the Enchanter in _ **Holy Grail** _. Now _that_ was an entrance! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aZJZK6rzjns/hqdefault.jpg "Tim The Enchanter") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZJZK6rzjns) _“What an eccentric performance!”_ ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/130 "2021-06-17T13:26:06Z")
> [@BrickBat](#): > > Memory jogged by the recent ‘Inglorious Basterds’ thread: > > When we see the ‘Hugo Stiglitz’ character introduced. Standing atop a bluff, with bone-crunching electric guitar power chords and his name lit up like a neon sign. Humorous and interesting in the incongruousness of modern hard rock accenting a WW2 themed movie. I would also add the entrances for Hans Landa and Aldo Raine. The opening scene in Reservoir Dogs where we are introduced to the crew. Renton’s intro/monologue in Trainspotting ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/131 "2021-06-17T14:29:51Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Rick’s first appearance in _Casablanca_. An hand reaching for a check,a signature of approval on the check, a tap on a chess piece, pick up a cigarette - pan to Rick’s face. Ingrid Bergman’s entrance in _ **Casablanca** _, when she walks into Rick’s place on Paul Henreid’s arm—a tall, gorgeous Nordic goddess She exchanges glances with Sam at the piano, and right away you know _we got trouble!_ I first saw the movie on TV when I was 19. My mother wanted to know if someone of my generation would find Ingrid beautiful. All I could say was “Oh, yeah!” ---
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I can’t believe that no-one has mentioned Dark Helmet’s entrance in Space Balls [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jTJq8co38Pk/hqdefault.jpg "The Dark Helmet") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTJq8co38Pk) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/133 "2021-06-17T15:34:47Z")
I don’t think I’ll have a greater theater experience that the moment Falcon and the rest of the returned heroes show up in Endgame. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469/134 "2021-06-17T15:42:34Z")
I recently watched Luc Besson’s **Subway** recently and was once again knocked out by Isabelle Adjani’s entrance, striding down the metro steps in her ballgown. ---
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Wasn’t the leading lady’s entrance an important part of many **old romantic comedies**? I’m vaguely remembering scenes in which, for example, the young leading lady first appears when she physically bumps into the leading man and says something like, “_Hey Mister, you got a dollar_?” Mildly unladylike conduct that would have raised an eyebrow back then. **All About Eve** contrasts greatly with that kind of physical comedy. I saw it for the first time not long ago and was impressed by all the first shots of the main characters and how they express their thinly veiled contempt for the Eve character, played by Anne Baxter, who also has some great initial scenes in which she doesn’t seem to blink even once. In those kinds of scenes, I guess the actors just have to sit still (like they’re sitting on a lie or a secret) and behave somewhat mechanically, so maybe those performances aren’t particularly meritorious. I don’t know all that much about acting or cinema, but I sure did like the beginning of that film. In the opening shots at the awards ceremony, it’s like the only things in movement are the plumes of cigarette smoke and everyone else’s hands and faces. ---
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In _1776_: John Adams, revealed standing in the bell tower, followed by his furious descent to vote on “General Washington’s request that the members of the Rhode Island militia be required to wear matching uniforms.” (Runner up, same movie: Richard Henry Lee entering on a galloping horse.) ---
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I don’t think you can do an entrance much better than this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PS5yfhPGaWE/hqdefault.jpg "PATTON Introduction Speech Intro ( English )") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS5yfhPGaWE) ---
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_Mad Max_, 1979 Through the whole 10 minute opening scene we never see Max’s face, just cuts to him pulling on his black leather jacket, shoulder holster, sunglasses and driving gloves as the Night Rider leads the other MFP units on the extended chase, trailing carnage in their wake, meanwhile Max is just cooly waiting for the pursuit to come to him. We get Goose pulling up Max on the radio and Max firing up the Interceptor, but we still don’t see his face. Then the game of chicken followed up by tailgating and bumping Night Rider. Finally they come over the rise and Night Rider meets his fiery end, only then do we see the young cop running from his car and whipping off the shades. Welcome onto the scene Officer Rockatansky, and welcome to the world Mel Gibson. ---
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If we’re including TV shows. there’s a great one in the first episode of _The West Wing_. All episode long, the staff has been talking about President Bartlett, but the audience hasn’t seen him yet. The staff is also dealing with a situation where the President’s 12-year-old granddaughter has given an interview that drew ire and threats from religious groups. Then this happens: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CTG5p4wEAAM/maxresdefault.jpg "The West Wing first speech of the President") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTG5p4wEAAM) ---
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Zombieing this yet again to delve this time into the world of TV, and mention that “people have said” that Lee Stasberg has attributed to be the Masters of The Perfect Entrance: Monty Python. Mr. Cresosote Brian Equator (arguably his friends outshine him in that particular department) Uncle Tom Pantomime Queen Trojan Rabbit [The Big Cheese!!!](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/90150727-53ce-4043-b4e0-dac34d0af665) tiger in “defending yourself against dangerous fruits” _“IT’S”_ Man Gumby Anaesthetist Bicycle Repairman Encyclopedia Salesman posing as burglar Dad (briefly appearing out of kitchen closet in Most Disgusting Family in Britain Contest) …and, in the opposite manner: two lasciviously horny, jockey-shorted paramours coming out of Mrs. Ken Clean Air System’s kitchen closet Hot Mailmen Captor several unique ones in Silly Walks Deirdre (Arthur Pewty’s wife coming into Marriage Counsellor’s life) Jimmy Blenkinsop (Kilimanjaro Expedition office destroyer…would make Welles blush) Magically-Descending-From-Above Doctor into quaint living room and proceeds to have a tantrum over not being able to open his bag, and then brings out a gun and shoots it several times, which does the trick. I’m forgetting some [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469.md?page=8)