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6.351/10

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)

NR | 1 Hours 43 Minutes

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."

Director: Julien Temple

Writer: Julien Temple

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The 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

James Aubrey

Record Executive

Julian Holloway

Man

Johnny Shannon

Nazi

Edward Tudor-Pole

Tadpole (kiosk attendant)

Faye Hart

Secretary

Alan Jones

Record Executive

Irene Handl

Cinema Usherette

Judy Croll

Catwoman (uncredited)

Peter Dean

Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)

Dave Dee

Record Executive (uncredited)

Jerzimy

French singer on the street (uncredited)

James Jeter

Martin Bormann (uncredited)

Pamela Rooke

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

Debbie Juvenile

Girl on the chorus at the opening track (uncredited)

Glen Matlock

Ex-Pistol (uncredited)

Sophie Richmond

McLaren's secretary (uncredited)

Nancy Spungen

Nancy (uncredited)

Jean Warren

Girl with ants on face (uncredited)

Norman Gay

Audience member (uncredited)

Jordan

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

Shinobu Kanai

Japanese Girl in Lonely Boy sequence (uncredited)

Ralph G. Morse

Punk (uncredited)

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