The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
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."
Director: Julien Temple
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Malcolm McLaren as The Embezzler |
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Steve Jones as The Crook |
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Paul Cook as The Tea-Maker |
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Sid Vicious as The Gimmick |
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John Lydon as The Collaborator |
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Helen Wellington-Lloyd as Helen |
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Ronald Biggs as The Exile |
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Liz Fraser as Woman in Cinema |
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Jess Conrad as Jess |
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Mary Millington as Mary, The Crook's girlfriend |
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James Aubrey as Record Executive |
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Julian Holloway as Man |
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Johnny Shannon as Nazi |
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Edward Tudor-Pole as Tadpole (kiosk attendant) |
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Faye Hart as Secretary |
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Alan Jones as Record Executive |
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Irene Handl as Cinema Usherette |
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Judy Croll as Catwoman (uncredited) |
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Peter Dean as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited) |
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Dave Dee as Record Executive (uncredited) |
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Jerzimy as French singer on the street (uncredited) |
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James Jeter as Martin Bormann (uncredited) |
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Pamela Rooke as Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited) |
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Debbie Juvenile as Girl on the chorus at the opening track (uncredited) |
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Glen Matlock as Ex-Pistol (uncredited) |
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Sophie Richmond as McLaren's secretary (uncredited) |
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Nancy Spungen as Nancy (uncredited) |
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Jean Warren as Girl with ants on face (uncredited) |
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Norman Gay as Audience member (uncredited) |
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Jordan as Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Shinobu Kanai as Japanese Girl in Lonely Boy sequence (uncredited) |
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Ralph G. Morse as Punk (uncredited) |
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Terrance Mustdoo as Audience member (uncredited) |
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Jill Searle as The Gimmick's mom (uncredited) |
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Egbert Sen as Man with Case of Money (uncredited) |
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John Snagge as Cinema Newsreel Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
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Debbie Wilson as Girl in the chorus on the opening track (uncredited) |
| Directing | Julien Temple | Director |
| Production | Don Boyd | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Julien Temple | Author |
| Production | Jeremy Thomas | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Willi Patterson | Director of Photography |
| Camera | John Metcalfe | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Adam Barker-Mill | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Nicholas D. Knowland | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Julien Temple | Writer |
