The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)

A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam perpetrated by him in order to make "a million pounds."

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  • Release Date: 1980-09-11
  • Runtime: 1h 43min
  • Director: Julien Temple

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Cast

  • Malcolm McLaren

    The Embezzler

  • Steve Jones

    The Crook

  • Paul Cook

    The Tea-Maker

  • Sid Vicious

    The Gimmick

  • John Lydon

    The Collaborator

  • Helen Wellington-Lloyd

    Helen

  • Ronald Biggs

    The Exile

  • Liz Fraser

    Woman in Cinema

  • Jess Conrad

    Jess

  • Mary Millington

    Mary, The Crook's girlfriend

  • James Aubrey

    Record Executive

  • Julian Holloway

    Man

  • Johnny Shannon

    Nazi

  • Edward Tudor-Pole

    Tadpole (kiosk attendant)

  • Faye Hart

    Secretary

  • Alan Jones

    Record Executive

  • Irene Handl

    Cinema Usherette

  • Judy Croll

    Catwoman (uncredited)

  • Peter Dean

    Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)

  • Dave Dee

    Record Executive (uncredited)

  • Jerzimy

    French singer on the street (uncredited)

  • James Jeter

    Martin Bormann (uncredited)

  • Pamela Rooke

    Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)

  • Debbie Juvenile

    Girl on the chorus at the opening track (uncredited)

  • Glen Matlock

    Ex-Pistol (uncredited)

  • Sophie Richmond

    McLaren's secretary (uncredited)

  • Nancy Spungen

    Nancy (uncredited)

  • Jean Warren

    Girl with ants on face (uncredited)

  • Norman Gay

    Audience member (uncredited)

  • Jordan

    Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Shinobu Kanai

    Japanese Girl in Lonely Boy sequence (uncredited)

  • Ralph G. Morse

    Punk (uncredited)

  • Terrance Mustdoo

    Audience member (uncredited)

  • Jill Searle

    The Gimmick's mom (uncredited)

  • Egbert Sen

    Man with Case of Money (uncredited)

  • John Snagge

    Cinema Newsreel Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

  • Debbie Wilson

    Girl in the chorus on the opening track (uncredited)

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