The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
All the adventure a man can live, he lives.
1980-09-11
United Kingdom
103 Min.
PG-13
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."
Cast
The Embezzler
The Crook
The Tea-Maker
The Gimmick
The Collaborator
Helen
The Exile
Woman in Cinema
Jess
Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
Record Executive
Man
Nazi
Tadpole (kiosk attendant)
Secretary
Record Executive
Cinema Usherette
Catwoman (uncredited)
Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
Record Executive (uncredited)
French singer on the street (uncredited)
Martin Bormann (uncredited)
Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)
Girl on the chorus at the opening track (uncredited)
Ex-Pistol (uncredited)
McLaren's secretary (uncredited)
Nancy (uncredited)
Girl with ants on face (uncredited)
Audience member (uncredited)
Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Japanese Girl in Lonely Boy sequence (uncredited)
Punk (uncredited)
Audience member (uncredited)
The Gimmick's mom (uncredited)
Man with Case of Money (uncredited)
Cinema Newsreel Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Girl in the chorus on the opening track (uncredited)
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