The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
September 11, 1980
103 min
✓ Released 16689 days ago
Comedy
Documentary
Music
6.3
User Score
54 votes
About
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 Info
Status: Released
Director: Julien Temple
Runtime: 103 min
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
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