Clint Eastwood cannon from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly traced to Spanish museum
Summary
A cannon used by Clint Eastwood in the movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly has been found in a museum in Cartagena, Spain. The Sad Hill Cultural Association traced the 150-year-old cannon, originally made in Manchester, after it was lent to the movie’s production and later stored in Spanish military museums.Key Facts
- The cannon was used in the 1966 film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly during a famous scene with Clint Eastwood.
- It is a 75mm cannon made by Whitworth in Manchester in 1873.
- The Spanish military lent the cannon to the film’s production team.
- After filming, the cannon was returned to a military museum in Madrid, then moved to Toledo.
- The cannon was later rediscovered in a military history museum in Cartagena, southeast Spain.
- The museum staff did not know the cannon’s connection to the movie until contacted by the Sad Hill Cultural Association.
- The association hopes to display the cannon near the original filming site in Burgos but faces bureaucratic delays.
- The city of Cartagena now promotes the cannon as a free tourist attraction.
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