The hilarious Spanish (Region 2) DVD cover

I was surfing amazon.co.uk looking up films unavailable in the US and stumbled across a link to Escapade in Japan. I wasn't looking for this film but was intrigued by the DVD's cover art, so clicked it on.

The DVD in question is from Spain (Region 2), and is in English without subtitles as well as dubbed in Spanish. On the cover the title is translated as "Escapada en Japon". But what made me laugh is the artwork.

First, Clint Eastwood's name is listed in large letters across the top, as though he were the star of the film instead of a bit player barely seen. The actual stars, Teresa Wright and Cameron Mitchell, are listed below Eastwood, in much smaller lettering.

But the real howl is the artwork itself. Dressed in a uniform of some sort, Eastwood fills up more than half the cover space, while behind him a gigantic explosion has been set off, with assorted palm trees, vehicles and other items apparently blowing up with it, and lots of tiny but busy-looking figures and objects scattered around at bottom. Needless to say, there's not a sign of the actual stars of the film, and of course the violent action depicted bears no relation to anything in the movie.

Obviously, the DVD was designed this way to lure unsuspecting buyers into thinking this is a typical Eastwood action movie, which it's anything but. People who know the film will understand this (and I'm sure will also be amused by this pathetic marketing attempt), but there must have been more than a few unsuspecting cutomers who bought the disc and have been trying to locate Clint, and all those explosions, in it ever since!

I didn't buy or see the DVD, so can't speak to its quality. It's the only version of this film I've seen listed on DVD anywhere. My only purpose here, aside from notifying any fan of the disc's existence, is to point out one of the funniest, most bizarre, and more amazingly dishonest (and desperate) DVD covers ever!