Comedy / Documentary / Music

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle.

Name: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Director: Julien Temple
Genre: Comedy, Documentary, Music
Released: 1980-09-11
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 6.4

6.4/ 1019801h 43mEN

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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Directed by Julien Temple

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORY

Cast.

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

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