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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

Genres
Comedy
Documentary
Music
Rating
6.2
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Release Date1980-09-11
Runtime103 mins

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."

Cast & Crew

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Malcolm McLaren

as The Embezzler

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Steve Jones

as The Crook

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Paul Cook

as The Tea-Maker

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Sid Vicious

as The Gimmick

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John Lydon

as The Collaborator

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Helen Wellington-Lloyd

as Helen

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Ronald Biggs

as The Exile

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Liz Fraser

as Woman in Cinema

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Jess Conrad

as Jess

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Mary Millington

as Mary, The Crook's girlfriend

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James Aubrey

as Record Executive

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Julian Holloway

as Man

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Johnny Shannon

as Nazi

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Edward Tudor-Pole

as Tadpole (kiosk attendant)

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Faye Hart

as Secretary

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Alan Jones

as Record Executive

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Irene Handl

as Cinema Usherette

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Judy Croll

as Catwoman (uncredited)

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Peter Dean

as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)

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Dave Dee

as Record Executive (uncredited)

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Jerzimy

as French singer on the street (uncredited)

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James Jeter

as Martin Bormann (uncredited)

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Pamela Rooke

as Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)

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Debbie Juvenile

as Girl on the chorus at the opening track (uncredited)

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Glen Matlock

as Ex-Pistol (uncredited)

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Sophie Richmond

as McLaren's secretary (uncredited)

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Nancy Spungen

as Nancy (uncredited)

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Jean Warren

as Girl with ants on face (uncredited)

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Norman Gay

as Audience member (uncredited)

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Jordan

as Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Shinobu Kanai

as Japanese Girl in Lonely Boy sequence (uncredited)

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Ralph G. Morse

as Punk (uncredited)

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Terrance Mustdoo

as Audience member (uncredited)

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Jill Searle

as The Gimmick's mom (uncredited)

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Egbert Sen

as Man with Case of Money (uncredited)

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John Snagge

as Cinema Newsreel Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

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Debbie Wilson

as Girl in the chorus on the opening track (uncredited)

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