The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle (1980) - Credits and Details

The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle Credits and Details

Directed by
	Julien Temple
Written by
	Julien Temple
Cast
	Malcolm McLaren	...	The Embezzler
	Steve Jones	...	The Crook
	Paul Anthony Cook	...	The Tea-Maker (as Paul Cook)
	Sid Vicious	...	The Gimmick
	John Lydon	...	The Collaborator (as Johnny Rotten)
	Ronald Biggs	...	The Exile (as Ronnie Biggs)
	Liz Fraser	...	Woman in Cinema
	Jess Conrad	...	Jess
	Mary Millington	...	Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
	James Aubrey	...	B.J
	Julian Holloway	...	Man
	Johnny Shannon	...	Man in Prison Cage
	Helen Wellington-Lloyd	...	Helen (as Helen of Troy)
	Edward Tudor-Pole	...	Tadpole (kiosk attendant) (as Tenpole Tudor)
	Faye Hart	...	Secretary
	Alan Jones	...	Record Executive
	Irene Handl	...	Cinema Usherette
Uncredited Cast
	Judy Croll	...	Soo Catwoman
	Peter Dean	...	Nightclub Bouncer
	Dave Dee	...	Record Executive
	Graham K. Furness	...	Seaman
	Norman Gay	...	Audience member
	Jerzimy	...	French singer on the street
	James Jeter	...	Martin Bormann
	Jordan	...	Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (archive footage)
	Shinobu Kanai	...	Japanese Girl in Lonely Boy sequence
	Glen Matlock	...	Ex-Pistol (archive footage)
	Ralph G. Morse	...	Punk
	Terrance Mustdoo	...	Audience member
	Sophie Richmond	...	McLaren's secretary
	Jill Searle	...	The Giimmick's mom
	Egbert Sen	...	Man with Case of Money
	John Snagge	...	Cinema Newsreel Announcer (voice)
	Nancy Spungen	...	Nancy
	Jean Warren	...	A & R Director - woman with ants on face
	Debbie Wilson	...	Girl in the chorus on the opening track
Produced by
	Don Boyd	...	executive producer
	Jeremy Thomas	...	executive producer

Ratings
6.1 / 10	6.4 / 10

Distributors
Tara Releasing (1992) (United States) (theatrical)
Warner Reprise Video (1992) (United States) (VHS)
Shout! Factory (2005) (United States) (DVD)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United States) (DVD)

Filming Locations
430 Kings Road, Chelsea, London, England, UK (former Sex Boutique)
Argyle Street, St. Pancras, London, England, UK (Cambridge Rapist Hotel)
Great Windmill Street, Soho, London, England, UK (exterior of Moulin Cinema)
Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, Highgate, London, England, UK (McLaren sings "You Need Hands")
Highgate, London, England, UK
London, England, UK
Marylebone Station, Marylebone, London, England, UK (railway station scene)
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK (Northampton railway station)
Paris, France (Sid Vicious strolls around streets)
Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (beach scene)
San Francisco, California, USA
Soho, London, England, UK
Tower Bridge, London, England, UK

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