Well, who would have made the connection between Dirty Harry and Conan - In 1976 Clint Eastwood recruited Frank Frazetta to paint the poster for "The Gauntlet," Eastwood's 1977 police thriller. Frazette of course is best known for his fantasy paintings many of which graced paperback covers, most notably many of the Conan books.
Checking on Wiki I found that the artist did a fair bit of work for Hollywood, including posters for What's new Pussycat and The Fearless Vampire Killers. So maybe Eastwood wasn't so much of a fantasy fan after all, - maybe he just wanted to look like Conan.
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