The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
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
Richard Bedford
Editor
Judy Croll
Catwoman (uncredited)
Peter Dean
Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
Crispin Green
Editor
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)
Julien Temple
Author / Director / Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 11, 1980
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
musical
punk
Wiki.
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, also known as The Great Rock and Roll Swindle, is a 1980 British mockumentary film directed by Julien Temple and produced by Don Boyd and Jeremy Thomas. It centres on the British punk rock band Sex Pistols and, most prominently, their manager Malcolm McLaren.
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