Marilyn Sokol and Billy Barty had memorable roles in Foul Play (1978). Sokol was Stella, who packed an arsenal of self-defense weapons and had the great line "Nobody messes with Stella unless Stella wants to be messed." Barty was a door-to-door bible salesman who was mistaken for a hitman known as "The Dwarf" and wound up in traction. As in this episode of "Barney Miller," he stated that people of his stature like to be called "little people."