The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Comedy | Documentary
Release Date
September 11, 1980
Duration
103 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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."
Casts
The Embezzler
Malcolm McLaren
The Crook
Steve Jones
The Tea-Maker
Paul Cook
The Gimmick
Sid Vicious
The Collaborator
John Lydon
Helen
Helen Wellington-Lloyd
The Exile
Ronald Biggs
Woman in Cinema
Liz Fraser
Jess
Jess Conrad
Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
Mary Millington
Record Executive
James Aubrey
Man
Julian Holloway
Nazi
Johnny Shannon
Tadpole (kiosk attendant)
Edward Tudor-Pole
Secretary
Faye Hart
Record Executive
Alan Jones
Cinema Usherette
Irene Handl
Catwoman (uncredited)
Judy Croll
Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
Peter Dean
Record Executive (uncredited)
Dave Dee
French singer on the street (uncredited)
Jerzimy
Martin Bormann (uncredited)
James Jeter
Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)
Pamela Rooke
Girl on the chorus at the opening track (uncredited)
Debbie Juvenile
Ex-Pistol (uncredited)
Glen Matlock
McLaren's secretary (uncredited)
Sophie Richmond
Nancy (uncredited)
Nancy Spungen
Girl with ants on face (uncredited)
Jean Warren
Audience member (uncredited)
Norman Gay
Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jordan
Japanese Girl in Lonely Boy sequence (uncredited)
Shinobu Kanai
Punk (uncredited)
Ralph G. Morse
Audience member (uncredited)
Terrance Mustdoo
The Gimmick's mom (uncredited)
Jill Searle
Man with Case of Money (uncredited)
Egbert Sen
Cinema Newsreel Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
John Snagge
Girl in the chorus on the opening track (uncredited)
Debbie Wilson
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