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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)

Sep 11, 1980 · 1h 43m

6.4/10 TMDB user score
58 votes on TMDB

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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Top cast

  • Malcolm McLaren Malcolm McLaren The Embezzler
  • Steve Jones Steve Jones The Crook
  • Paul Cook Paul Cook The Tea-Maker
  • Sid Vicious Sid Vicious The Gimmick
  • John Lydon John Lydon The Collaborator
  • Helen Wellington-Lloyd Helen
  • Ronald Biggs Ronald Biggs The Exile
  • Liz Fraser Liz Fraser Woman in Cinema
  • Jess Conrad Jess Conrad Jess
  • Mary Millington Mary Millington Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
  • James Aubrey James Aubrey Record Executive
  • Julian Holloway Julian Holloway Man
  • Johnny Shannon Johnny Shannon Nazi
  • Edward Tudor-Pole Edward Tudor-Pole Tadpole (kiosk attendant)
  • Faye Hart Secretary
  • Alan Jones Record Executive

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