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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

(1980)

September 11, 1980• 1h 43m
63%
TMDB Score

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."

Julien Temple

Director

Top Billed Cast

MM

Malcolm McLaren

The Embezzler

SJ

Steve Jones

The Crook

PC

Paul Cook

The Tea-Maker

SV

Sid Vicious

The Gimmick

JL

John Lydon

The Collaborator

HW

Helen Wellington-Lloyd

Helen

RB

Ronald Biggs

The Exile

LF

Liz Fraser

Woman in Cinema

JC

Jess Conrad

Jess

MM

Mary Millington

Mary, The Crook's girlfriend

Official Trailer