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The Great Rock And Roll Swindle

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Julien Temple
Produced by Don Boyd
Jeremy Thomas
Written by Julien Temple
Starring Malcolm McLaren
Steve Jones
Paul Cook
Sid Vicious
Johnny Rotten
Mary Millington
Irene Handl
Narrated by Malcolm McLaren
Music by Sex Pistols
Release date
15 May 1980
Running time
103 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle is a 1980 British mockumentary film directed by Julien Temple and produced by Don Boyd and Jeremy Thomas. It centres on the British punk rock band Sex Pistols and, most prominently, their manager Malcolm McLaren.

Guitarist Steve Jones plays a shady private detective who - through a series of set piece acts - uncovers the truth about the band. Drummer Paul Cook and bass guitarist Sid Vicious play smaller roles, and the band's manager, Malcolm McLaren, is featured as "The Embezzler", the man who manipulates the Sex Pistols. Fugitive train robber Ronnie Biggs, performer Edward Tudor-Pole, sex film star Mary Millington, and actresses Irene Handl and Liz Fraser also make appearances.

The movie tells a stylised fictional account of the formation, rise and subsequent breakup of the band, from the point of view of their then-manager Malcolm McLaren. In the film, McLaren claims to create the Sex Pistols and manipulate them to the top of the music business, using them as puppets to both further his own agenda (in his own words: "Cash for chaos"), and to claim the financial rewards from the various record labels the band were signed to during their brief history – EMI, A&M, Virgin, and Warner Bros. Records.

In addition, the film also includes appearances by musician Dave Dee and reporter Alan Jones as themselves.


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