The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
11/09/1980
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."
Movie Information
Malcolm McLaren
as The Embezzler
Steve Jones
as The Crook
Paul Cook
as The Tea-Maker
Sid Vicious
as The Gimmick
John Lydon
as The Collaborator
Helen Wellington-Lloyd
as Helen
Ronald Biggs
as The Exile
Liz Fraser
as Woman in Cinema
Jess Conrad
as Jess
Mary Millington
as Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
James Aubrey
as Record Executive
Julian Holloway
as Man
Johnny Shannon
as Nazi
Edward Tudor-Pole
as Tadpole (kiosk attendant)
Faye Hart
as Secretary
Alan Jones
as Record Executive
Irene Handl
as Cinema Usherette
Judy Croll
as Catwoman (uncredited)
Peter Dean
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
Dave Dee
as Record Executive (uncredited)
Jerzimy
as French singer on the street (uncredited)
James Jeter
as Martin Bormann (uncredited)
Pamela Rooke
as Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)
Debbie Juvenile
as Girl on the chorus at the opening track (uncredited)
Glen Matlock
as Ex-Pistol (uncredited)
Sophie Richmond
as McLaren's secretary (uncredited)
Nancy Spungen
as Nancy (uncredited)
Jean Warren
as Girl with ants on face (uncredited)
Norman Gay
as Audience member (uncredited)
Jordan
as Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shinobu Kanai
as Japanese Girl in Lonely Boy sequence (uncredited)
Ralph G. Morse
as Punk (uncredited)
Terrance Mustdoo
as Audience member (uncredited)
Jill Searle
as The Gimmick's mom (uncredited)
Egbert Sen
as Man with Case of Money (uncredited)
John Snagge
as Cinema Newsreel Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Debbie Wilson
as Girl in the chorus on the opening track (uncredited)
