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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

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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."
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1980-09-11
⌚ Running Time: 103 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.5

Beloved Cast

Malcolm McLaren original image
The Embezzler
Malcolm McLaren
Steve Jones original image
The Crook
Steve Jones
Paul Cook original image
The Tea-Maker
Paul Cook
Sid Vicious original image
The Gimmick
Sid Vicious
John Lydon original image
The Collaborator
John Lydon
Helen Wellington-Lloyd original image
Helen
Helen Wellington-Lloyd
Ronald Biggs original image
The Exile
Ronald Biggs
Liz Fraser original image
Woman in Cinema
Liz Fraser
Jess Conrad original image
Jess
Jess Conrad
Mary Millington original image
Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
Mary Millington
James Aubrey original image
Record Executive
James Aubrey
Julian Holloway original image
Man
Julian Holloway
Johnny Shannon original image
Nazi
Johnny Shannon
Edward Tudor-Pole original image
Tadpole (kiosk attendant)
Edward Tudor-Pole
Faye Hart original image
Secretary
Faye Hart
Alan Jones original image
Record Executive
Alan Jones
Irene Handl original image
Cinema Usherette
Irene Handl
Judy Croll original image
Catwoman (uncredited)
Judy Croll
Peter Dean original image
Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
Peter Dean
Dave Dee original image
Record Executive (uncredited)
Dave Dee
Jerzimy original image
French singer on the street (uncredited)
Jerzimy
James Jeter original image
Martin Bormann (uncredited)
James Jeter
Pamela Rooke original image
Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)
Pamela Rooke
Debbie Juvenile original image
Girl on the chorus at the opening track (uncredited)
Debbie Juvenile
Glen Matlock original image
Ex-Pistol (uncredited)
Glen Matlock
Sophie Richmond original image
McLaren's secretary (uncredited)
Sophie Richmond
Nancy Spungen original image
Nancy (uncredited)
Nancy Spungen
Jean Warren original image
Girl with ants on face (uncredited)
Jean Warren
Norman Gay original image
Audience member (uncredited)
Norman Gay

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