1980
6.4 (47 votes)
1h 43m
Genres
Comedy
Documentary
Music
Production Companies
Boyd's Company
Kendon Films Ltd.
Matrixbest
Virgin Films
Kendon Films Ltd.
Matrixbest
Virgin Films
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
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."
Key Crew
Director: Julien Temple
Director of Photography: Adam Barker-Mill, John Metcalfe, Nicholas D. Knowland, Willi Patterson
Writer: Julien Temple
Top 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
Videos
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980) Trailer
