Genres
Comedy , Documentary , Music
Duration
103 min
Director
Julien Temple
Rating
6.4
Release Date
September 11, 1980
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Original title: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
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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."
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle cast
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Malcolm McLaren
Character:
The Embezzler
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Steve Jones
Character:
The Crook
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Paul Cook
Character:
The Tea-Maker
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Sid Vicious
Character:
The Gimmick
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John Lydon
Character:
The Collaborator
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Helen Wellington-Lloyd
Character:
Helen
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Ronald Biggs
Character:
The Exile
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Liz Fraser
Character:
Woman in Cinema
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Jess Conrad
Character:
Jess
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Mary Millington
Character:
Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
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James Aubrey
Character:
Record Executive
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Julian Holloway
Character:
Man
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Johnny Shannon
Character:
Nazi
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Edward Tudor-Pole
Character:
Tadpole (kiosk attendant)
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Faye Hart
Character:
Secretary
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Alan Jones
Character:
Record Executive
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Irene Handl
Character:
Cinema Usherette
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Judy Croll
Character:
Catwoman (uncredited)
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Peter Dean
Character:
Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
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Dave Dee
Character:
Record Executive (uncredited)
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Jerzimy
Character:
French singer on the street (uncredited)
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James Jeter
Character:
Martin Bormann (uncredited)
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Pamela Rooke
Character:
Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)
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Debbie Juvenile
Character:
Girl on the chorus at the opening track (uncredited)
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Glen Matlock
Character:
Ex-Pistol (uncredited)
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Sophie Richmond
Character:
McLaren's secretary (uncredited)
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Nancy Spungen
Character:
Nancy (uncredited)
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Jean Warren
Character:
Girl with ants on face (uncredited)
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Norman Gay
Character:
Audience member (uncredited)
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Jordan
Character:
Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Shinobu Kanai
Character:
Japanese Girl in Lonely Boy sequence (uncredited)
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Ralph G. Morse
Character:
Punk (uncredited)
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Terrance Mustdoo
Character:
Audience member (uncredited)
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Jill Searle
Character:
The Gimmick's mom (uncredited)
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Egbert Sen
Character:
Man with Case of Money (uncredited)
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John Snagge
Character:
Cinema Newsreel Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
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Debbie Wilson
Character:
Girl in the chorus on the opening track (uncredited)
