The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Release: 1980-09-11
·Runtime: 103m
·★ 6.2
Comedy
Documentary
Music
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."
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Boyd's Company
Kendon Films Ltd.
Matrixbest
Virgin Films
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Jess Conrad
as Jess
James Aubrey
as Record Executive
Johnny Shannon
as Nazi
Steve Jones
as The Crook
Liz Fraser
as Woman in Cinema
Irene Handl
as Cinema Usherette
James Jeter
as Martin Bormann (uncredited)
Sid Vicious
as The Gimmick
Mary Millington
as Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
Malcolm McLaren
as The Embezzler
Edward Tudor-Pole
as Tadpole (kiosk attendant)
Glen Matlock
as Ex-Pistol (uncredited)
Nancy Spungen
as Nancy (uncredited)
Paul Cook
as The Tea-Maker
Julian Holloway
as Man
Egbert Sen
as Man with Case of Money (uncredited)
John Lydon
as The Collaborator
Ronald Biggs
as The Exile
