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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-09-11
64%
47 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
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."
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Boyd's Company
Kendon Films Ltd.
Matrixbest
Virgin Films
Movie: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Top 10 Billed Cast
Malcolm McLaren
The Embezzler
Steve Jones
The Crook
Paul Cook
The Tea-Maker
Sid Vicious
The Gimmick
John Lydon
The Collaborator
Liz Fraser
Woman in Cinema
Jess Conrad
Jess
Mary Millington
Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
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