
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
1980•103 min•
★6.2
ComedyDocumentaryMusic
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

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

DirectorJulien Temple
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