The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Title: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Original Title: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Release Date: 1980-09-11
Status: Released
Rating: 6.245/10 (from 51 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy, Documentary, Music
Production Companies: Boyd's Company, Kendon Films Ltd., Matrixbest, Virgin Films
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
Malcolm McLaren
The Embezzler
Steve Jones
The Crook
Paul Cook
The Tea-Maker
Sid Vicious
The Gimmick
John Lydon
The Collaborator
Helen Wellington-Lloyd
Helen
Ronald Biggs
The Exile
Liz Fraser
Woman in Cinema
Jess Conrad
Jess
Mary Millington
Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
