Olsen-banden på spanden

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Olsen-banden på spanden (The Olsen gang in a fix in English) was a 1969 gangster comedy movie of the Danish Olsenbanden series. As for the comic intent of the series, guns were used in the movie mostly for comic effects, i.e. to represent the ruthlessness or madness of certain characters.

The following guns were used in the film Olsen-banden på spanden:

Pistols

Unidentified Water Pistol

In the teaser of the movie, main character Egon Olsen (Ove Sprogøe) is attempting a bank robbery by means of threatening the personnel with a Walther P38-like water pistol.

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Egon Olsen holds the water pistol in hand

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Another view of the same pistol

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Egon Olsen pointing the pistol at the bank personnel

Unidentified Toy Pistol

Little Børge Jensen (Jes Holtsø) fires his toy gun at Inspector William Mortensen (Peter Steen) and hits his glasses.

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Børge Jensen aiming at Mortensen

Unidentified Silenced Pistol

A thug of Italian-American gangster boss Serafimo Motzarella (Harold J. Stone) points threatens psychologist Bodil Hansen (Ghita Nørby) with this gun.

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The trenchcoat thug holding the silenced gun

Submachine Guns

Unidentified SMGs

Various unidentified SMGs can be seen as the police inspects the National Bank, which just has been robbed by Motzarella's men.

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Policemen holding submachine guns inside the bank

Tommy Gun SMG

SMGs that look very much like the Thompson M1928 are used by Motzarella's trenchcoat thugs. Stereotypically, they are also carried inside violin cases. They are used throughout the movie on the ocassions of intimidating pub owner Tjener Hansen (Paul Hagen) and during a chase with the Olsen gang and the police.

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The thugs lining up to take apart Hansen's pub

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Muzzle flashes seen during the first shooting at the pub

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A closer view on the aiming towards the bar

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The thugs preparing to fire the SMG during the car chase

Unidentified SMG

As the police assumes the Olsen gang to be highly dangerous, Mortensen protects himself with some protective apron and a helmet and arms himself with a SMG. He later fires the gun in Hansen's pub again, leading to the third obstruction of the pub's interior.

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Inspector Mortensen talking to Bodil Hansen, just having himself prepared for the encounter with the "dangerous" Olsen gang

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Mortensen emptying the magazine in Hansen's pub at the end of the film, prior to Egon Olsen's arresting

Rifles

Unidentified Rifles

As his current henchmen fail to gain the stolen crown jewels back, Motzarella recruits some special "Bavarian" mobsters. They are seen carrying a variety of rifles towards the hideout of the Olsen gang.

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The Bavarian mobstery hurrying with their guns

Unidentified Rifle

Prior to this, a unidentified rifle is seen as it is taken from another violin case. It is possible that this is in fact a SMG of the same type Mortensen carries.

Unpacking a gun from a violin case The same scene, a few frames later. Details of the barrel can be seen.