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
Cast
Malcolm McLaren
as The Embezzler
Steve Jones
as The Crook
Paul Cook
as The Tea-Maker
Sid Vicious
as The Gimmick
John Lydon
as The Collaborator
Ronald Biggs
as The Exile
Liz Fraser
as Woman in Cinema
Jess Conrad
as Jess
Mary Millington
as Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
James Aubrey
as Record Executive
Julian Holloway
as Man
Johnny Shannon
as Nazi
Edward Tudor-Pole
as Tadpole (kiosk attendant)
Irene Handl
as Cinema Usherette
James Jeter
as Martin Bormann (uncredited)
Glen Matlock
as Ex-Pistol (uncredited)
Nancy Spungen
as Nancy (uncredited)
Egbert Sen
as Man with Case of Money (uncredited)
