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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

Genre:ComedyDocumentaryMusic

Released:1980-09-11

Runtime:103

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."


Cast:

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)

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