ComedyDocumentaryMusic
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
1980
103 min
6.2
62.5%
User Score
(51 votes)
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."
DIRECTED BY
Julien Temple
STARRING
Malcolm McLaren, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Sid Vicious, John Lydon
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Trailer
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980) Trailer
Cast
Malcolm McLaren
The Embezzler
Steve Jones
The Crook
Paul Cook
The Tea-Maker
Sid Vicious
The Gimmick
John Lydon
The Collaborator
Ronald Biggs
The Exile
Liz Fraser
Woman in Cinema
Jess Conrad
Jess
Mary Millington
Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
James Aubrey
Record Executive
Julian Holloway
Man
