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bucolic_frolic

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Tue Dec 26, 2017, 12:07 AM Dec 2017

Machine gun prop used by Clint Eastwood in Where Eagles Dare is handed into police under gun amnesty

olice holding a weapons amnesty were stunned after a man handed in Clint Eastwood's MP40 machine gun he used in the film 'Where Eagles Dare'.

Avon and Somerset Police say the prop German sub-machine gun was dropped at Bridgwater Police Station by an unnamed man who worked in the film industry.

He told officers the MP40 sub-machine gun was used by Eastwood in the movie while he was disguised as a Nazi.

Richard Vise evidential property and stores manager, said: 'A man walked into the station claiming to work in the film industry.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5125145/Clint-Eastwood-gun-Eagles-Dare-given-police.html#ixzz52Kw4qduG
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