# Most scene stealing very minor movie role **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 12, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414 "2022-09-12T05:09:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/1 "2022-09-12T05:09:59Z")
Inspired by this thread, [Most influential very minor movie role - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-influential-very-minor-movie-role/970865/65), let’s do a scene stealing thread. Rules are, must be a speaking role, must be in only one scene. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GHZWWFmaFcI/maxresdefault.jpg "Beverly Hills Cop (2/10) Movie CLIP - Serge & Achmed (1984) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHZWWFmaFcI) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/2 "2022-09-12T05:41:21Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BA3JUpQzOek/hqdefault.jpg "Y'all are brutalizing me Ronnie Dobbs Musical") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA3JUpQzOek) It’s not just me that feels this way. > **[When Great Scenes Happen To Bad Movies](https://www.avclub.com/when-great-scenes-happen-to-bad-movies-1798208447)** > > Scene: Samuel L. Jackson gets eaten by a motherfucking shark > For the most part, _Run Ronnie Run_ is a maddening exercise in botched opportunities, self-indulgent celebrity cameos, and arbitrary subplots. But one scene illustrates just how brilliant a _Mr. Show_ movie could and should be: Mandy Patinkin–rehearsing the main part in a musical based on the life of David Cross’ oft-arrested hillbilly shitkicker–offers an epic take on the title character’s theme song, beautifully playing up the mock-nobility of his persecution while brilliantly spoofing every musical in which the wretched of the earth express themselves with crystal-clear, Juilliard-trained pronunciation and delicate melodies. Clad in overalls and a straw hat for the full _Li’l Abner_ effect, Patinkin croons the song with the conviction and intensity of a veteran trouper debuting a new Gershwin number on opening night. Never has Dobbs’ catchphrase “Y’all are brutalizing me” seemed so melancholy, or so rife with noble indignation. For the record, I actually like the movie because I feel there were a number of scenes that worked. The film was more like a Mr. Show episode of connected sketches than a real story. But I laughed enough times throughout the film that it redeems itself to me. (And I am a massive Mr. Show fan also, which helps.) All that being said, that one scene was such a departure from the rest of the movie. In a good way. It was surreal and Patinkin really committed to it. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/3 "2022-09-12T06:33:33Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > [https://youtu.be/GHZWWFmaFcI](https://youtu.be/GHZWWFmaFcI) This is exactly what I came to post, based on the thread title alone. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/4 "2022-09-12T07:12:56Z")
Christopher Walken in Pulp Fiction? One scene, one incredible scene. How the watch came to Butch. > **NSFW** > > [The Gold Watch - Pulp Fiction (7/12) Movie CLIP (1994) HD - YouTube](https://youtu.be/YFtHjV4c4uw) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/5 "2022-09-12T07:19:42Z")
Ray Charles in Blues Brothers. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ROtfG-oYeU8/maxresdefault.jpg "Blues Brothers with Ray Charles") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROtfG-oYeU8) Not just his songs, but the lines before and after and his stopping the robbery. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/6 "2022-09-12T07:21:31Z")
Jeremy Piven in Rush Hour 2. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/7 "2022-09-12T08:20:35Z")
Are TV shows allowed? If so, I nominate Lord Flashheart in _Blackadder II_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aKfbSHW9uGA/maxresdefault.jpg "Lord Flasheart's Grand Entrance | Blackadder II | BBC Comedy Greats") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKfbSHW9uGA) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/8 "2022-09-12T09:34:07Z")
Beatrice Straight is on screen for a single five-minute scene in _Network_ (1976) and won an Academy Award for it. But the rest of _Network_ is fantastic, so I would hesitate to say she “steals” the movie. Still, she makes a definite impression. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/9 "2022-09-12T10:11:09Z")
Is Vanessa Redgrave at the end of Atonement just in one scene? It’s a hell of a scene. But surely the granddaddy of them all is Alec Baldwin is “Glengarry Glen Ross.” I mean, it’s the most famous scene in the film. Endlessly parodied. One of the most famous movie scenes EVER. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/10 "2022-09-12T11:03:13Z")
Carl Reiner’s mom saying “I’ll have what she’s having” in _When Harry Met Sally_ ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/11 "2022-09-12T11:12:43Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Christopher Walken in Pulp Fiction? > > One scene, one incredible scene. Christopher Walken in _Annie Hall._ One scene, one incredible scene. (If you’ve never seen it before, be sure to watch to the end of the clip.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qp3NWzLzaek/maxresdefault.jpg "Annie Hall (8/12) Movie CLIP - Can I Confess Something? (1977) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp3NWzLzaek) ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/12 "2022-09-12T11:21:27Z")
Seconding Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross. Won a 20/20 award for Best Supporting. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/13 "2022-09-12T11:44:39Z")
Anthony Hopkins only had 16 minutes of air time in “Silence of the Lambs”, yet that’s who everyone remembers. It could be argued that it wasn’t really a minor role, however. I also have to go again with Alfonso Bedoya in “Treasure of the Sierra Madre”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nsdZKCh6RsU/hqdefault.jpg "We Dont Need No Stinkin Badges!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsdZKCh6RsU) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/14 "2022-09-12T11:56:34Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Anthony Hopkins only had 16 minutes of air time in “Silence of the Lambs”, yet that’s who everyone remembers. It could be argued that it wasn’t really a minor role, however. > Rules are, must be a speaking role, must be in only one scene. Second one is a great example. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/15 "2022-09-12T12:14:15Z")
Actually, that was Rob Reiners mom. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/16 "2022-09-12T12:26:29Z")
Julie Ann Moore has a tiny roll in The Fugitive but she has so much screen presence it’s like she stepped into this movie from another movie where she was the star. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/17 "2022-09-12T12:34:03Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Julie Ann Moore has a tiny roll in The Fugitive but she has so much screen presence it’s like she stepped into this movie from another movie where she was the star. - 😉 [![](https://keeprecipes.com/sites/keeprecipes/files/imagecache/recipe_large/6072_1326337719_0.jpg) ](https://keeprecipes.com/sites/keeprecipes/files/imagecache/recipe_large/6072_1326337719_0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/18 "2022-09-12T12:41:09Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sXGzO2aDDRU/hqdefault.jpg "WebM Test II - Blind Priest Scene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXGzO2aDDRU) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/19 "2022-09-12T12:47:15Z")
I nominate Dennis Hopper from Apocalypse Now. I consider this role to be minor, not sure if it’s “very minor” or not. But those crazy monologues of his were pure gold. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414/20 "2022-09-12T13:19:49Z")
Remind me, what’s his character’s name? 😏 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414.md?page=2)