The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Julien Temple.

Cast

• Malcolm McLaren as The Embezzler
• Steve Jones as The Crook
• Paul Cook as The Tea-Maker
• Sid Vicious as The Gimmick
• John Lydon as The Collaborator
• Helen Wellington-Lloyd as Helen
• Ronald Biggs as The Exile
• Liz Fraser as Woman in Cinema
• Jess Conrad as Jess
• Mary Millington as Mary, The Crook's girlfriend
• James Aubrey as Record Executive
• Julian Holloway as Man
• Johnny Shannon as Nazi
• Edward Tudor-Pole as Tadpole (kiosk attendant)
• Faye Hart as Secretary
• Alan Jones as Record Executive
• Irene Handl as Cinema Usherette
• Judy Croll as Catwoman (uncredited)
• Peter Dean as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
• Dave Dee as Record Executive (uncredited)
• Jerzimy as French singer on the street (uncredited)
• James Jeter as Martin Bormann (uncredited)
• Pamela Rooke as Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (uncredited)
• Debbie Juvenile as Girl on the chorus at the opening track (uncredited)
• Glen Matlock as Ex-Pistol (uncredited)
• Sophie Richmond as McLaren's secretary (uncredited)
• Nancy Spungen as Nancy (uncredited)
• Jean Warren as Girl with ants on face (uncredited)
• Norman Gay as Audience member (uncredited)
• Jordan as Girl wearing 'only anarchists are pretty shirt' (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Shinobu Kanai as Japanese Girl in Lonely Boy sequence (uncredited)
• Ralph G. Morse as Punk (uncredited)
• Terrance Mustdoo as Audience member (uncredited)
• Jill Searle as The Gimmick's mom (uncredited)
• Egbert Sen as Man with Case of Money (uncredited)
• John Snagge as Cinema Newsreel Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
• Debbie Wilson as Girl in the chorus on the opening track (uncredited)

Crew

• Julien Temple — Director
• Willi Patterson — Director of Photography
• John Metcalfe — Director of Photography
• Adam Barker-Mill — Director of Photography
• Nicholas D. Knowland — Director of Photography
• Julien Temple — Writer

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