The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle(1980)
movie - first aired/released 1980-09-11 - 103 min - audience 6.4
Comedy, Documentary, Music
Directed by Julien Temple
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."
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Cast
Malcolm McLarenThe Embezzler
Steve JonesThe Crook
Paul CookThe Tea-Maker
Sid ViciousThe Gimmick
John LydonThe Collaborator- Helen Wellington-LloydHelen
Ronald BiggsThe Exile
Liz FraserWoman in Cinema
Jess ConradJess
Mary MillingtonMary, The Crook's girlfriend
James AubreyRecord Executive
Julian HollowayMan
Johnny ShannonNazi
Edward Tudor-PoleTadpole (kiosk attendant)- Faye HartSecretary
- Alan JonesRecord Executive
Irene HandlCinema Usherette- Judy CrollCatwoman (uncredited)
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- Peter DeanNightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
- Dave DeeRecord Executive (uncredited)
- JerzimyFrench singer on the street (uncredited)
James JeterMartin Bormann (uncredited)
Pamela RookeGirl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)- Debbie JuvenileGirl on the chorus at the opening track (uncredited)
Glen MatlockEx-Pistol (uncredited)- Sophie RichmondMcLaren's secretary (uncredited)
Nancy SpungenNancy (uncredited)- Jean WarrenGirl with ants on face (uncredited)
- Norman GayAudience member (uncredited)
- JordanGirl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Shinobu KanaiJapanese Girl in Lonely Boy sequence (uncredited)
- Ralph G. MorsePunk (uncredited)
- Terrance MustdooAudience member (uncredited)
- Jill SearleThe Gimmick's mom (uncredited)
- Egbert SenMan with Case of Money (uncredited)
- John SnaggeCinema Newsreel Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Debbie WilsonGirl in the chorus on the opening track (uncredited)
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