Clint Eastwood cannon from The Good, The Bad and Ugly came from a Spanish museum | Spain

Sixty years after Clint Eastwood carelessly he used a cigarette to light his fuse he fell a fugitive Eli WallachManchester-made cannons that appeared in The Good, Bad and Ugly have also been found in a museum in south-east Spain.

The ship was followed by a Sad Hill Cultural Associationa group of dedicated volunteers to restore the cemetery near Burgos, in the north of Spain, he built the climax of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western.

After finding pictures of the cannons in the film’s book, the agency began trying to find other weapons used in the preparation 60 years after the film’s release later this year.

The 75mm gun, manufactured in Manchester by Whitworth in 1873, was one of the earliest pieces of equipment loaned to the Spanish army by Leone. After the painting he returned to the museum in Madrid. There, the museum was moved until 2010, when it moved to Toledo.

A few months ago, Diego Montero, treasurer of the Sad Hill Cultural Association, visited a museum in Toledo to research the cannons. Further research led to the southeastern Spanish city of Cartagena, where Montero found a group of retired soldiers restoring 19th-century British cannons. military museum.

“A few days ago we wanted to look at the pictures in the book and a detailed picture, so we wrote to the curator of the museum in Cartagena, and he sent us a close-up picture of the top of the cannon and the number of the piece,” said Montero. These consecutive numbers are related.

“The management of the museum did not know that they had the missiles that were used in the film.

The city council is keen to use the popularity of these cities to attract more tourists. It posted on social media on Monday: “Did you know that one of the most famous movie theaters is in Cartagena and you can visit it for free?”, and this post, without a doubt, is the title of Ennio Morricone’s brand.

The director of the museum, Lt Col Ernesto Terry, said the popularity of the cannons had already caused a stir.

“We didn’t know these were the missiles for the film,” he said. “It’s been crazy and I’ve been talking non-stop to the media and to people who call me to ask questions.

Although the Sad Hill Cultural Association would like to borrow the cannon and temporarily reposition it in the Burgos landscape, where it last stood 60 years ago, its protected heritage means there will be no time for commemoration.

“The procedures are very long, and we don’t have time,” Montero said. “But we will try to do something in the future. Maybe we can take the piece and bring it to Burgos, because there is a military museum there.”