The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)

6.3/10 • 103 min • Comedy Documentary Music

Overview

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

The Embezzler

Steve Jones

The Crook

Paul Cook

The Tea-Maker

Sid Vicious

The Gimmick

John Lydon

The Collaborator

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)

Irene Handl

Cinema Usherette

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