Sep 11, 1980
103 min
Full-HD

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (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."

Category

Comedy Documentary Music

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Boyd's Company Kendon Films Ltd. Matrixbest Virgin Films

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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