TMDb6.4 / 10

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)

Name: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Director: Julien Temple
Genre: Comedy, Documentary, Music
Released: 1980-09-11
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Malcolm McLaren, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Sid Vicious, John Lydon

103 min · United Kingdom · Dir. Julien Temple

Comedy Documentary Music 1980 movies

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."