The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle Trailer

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle Trailer (1980)

11 September 1980 Comedy, Factual, Music 103 mins

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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Cast

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

Ronald Biggs

as The Exile

Liz Fraser

as Woman in Cinema

James Aubrey

as Record Executive

Edward Tudor-Pole

as Tadpole (kiosk attendant)

Faye Hart

as Secretary

Alan Jones

as Record Executive

Irene Handl

as Cinema Usherette

Crew

Don Boyd

Don Boyd Executive Producer

Jeremy Thomas

Jeremy Thomas Executive Producer

Adam Barker-Mill

Adam Barker-Mill Director of Photography

John Metcalfe

John Metcalfe Director of Photography

Nicholas D. Knowland

Nicholas D. Knowland Director of Photography

Willi Patterson

Willi Patterson Director of Photography

International Releases Dates

United States 11 September 1980

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