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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
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."
Cast
- Malcolm McLaren as The Embezzler
- Steve Jones as The Crook
- Paul Cook as The Tea-Maker
- Sid Vicious as The Gimmick
- John Lydon as The Collaborator
- Helen Wellington-Lloyd as Helen
- Ronald Biggs as The Exile
- Liz Fraser as Woman in Cinema
- Jess Conrad as Jess
- Mary Millington as Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
- James Aubrey as Record Executive
- Julian Holloway as Man
Details
- Director
- Julien Temple
- Released
- September 11, 1980
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Comedy, Documentary, Music
- Studio
- Boyd's Company, Kendon Films Ltd. and Matrixbest
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.4 / 10 from 58 votes
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