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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

1980
1h 43m
6.4(47 votes)
Comedy
Documentary
Music

Overview

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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37 members
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Malcolm McLaren

The Embezzler

Malcolm McLaren
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Steve Jones

The Crook

Steve Jones
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Paul Cook

The Tea-Maker

Paul Cook
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Sid Vicious

The Gimmick

Sid Vicious
Acting

John Lydon

The Collaborator

John Lydon
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Helen Wellington-Lloyd

Helen

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Ronald Biggs

The Exile

Ronald Biggs
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Liz Fraser

Woman in Cinema

Liz Fraser
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Jess Conrad

Jess

Jess Conrad
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Mary Millington

Mary, The Crook's girlfriend

Mary Millington
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James Aubrey

Record Executive

James Aubrey
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Julian Holloway

Man

Julian Holloway
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Johnny Shannon

Nazi

Johnny Shannon
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Edward Tudor-Pole

Tadpole (kiosk attendant)

Edward Tudor-Pole
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Faye Hart

Secretary

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Alan Jones

Record Executive

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Irene Handl

Cinema Usherette

Irene Handl
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Judy Croll

Catwoman (uncredited)

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Peter Dean

Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)

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Dave Dee

Record Executive (uncredited)

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Jerzimy

French singer on the street (uncredited)

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James Jeter

Martin Bormann (uncredited)

James Jeter
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Pamela Rooke

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

Pamela Rooke
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Debbie Juvenile

Girl on the chorus at the opening track (uncredited)

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Glen Matlock

Ex-Pistol (uncredited)

Glen Matlock
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Sophie Richmond

McLaren's secretary (uncredited)

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Nancy Spungen

Nancy (uncredited)

Nancy Spungen
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Jean Warren

Girl with ants on face (uncredited)

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Norman Gay

Audience member (uncredited)

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Jordan

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

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Shinobu Kanai

Japanese Girl in Lonely Boy sequence (uncredited)

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Ralph G. Morse

Punk (uncredited)

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Terrance Mustdoo

Audience member (uncredited)

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Jill Searle

The Gimmick's mom (uncredited)

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Egbert Sen

Man with Case of Money (uncredited)

Egbert Sen
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John Snagge

Cinema Newsreel Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

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Debbie Wilson

Girl in the chorus on the opening track (uncredited)

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