Yup, I had the same problem - a couple of images weren't showing up, and they both had - 's - in the product name -- so, here is what i did to 'fix' the problem:
in catalog/product_info.php - line 134 or so (contribs, you know):
change
document.write('<?php echo '<a href="java script:popupWindow(\\\'' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_POPUP_IMAGE, 'pID=' . $product_info['products_id']) . '\\\')">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $product_info['products_image'], addslashes($product_info['products_name']), SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT, 'hspace="5" vspace="5"') . '<br>' . TEXT_CLICK_TO_ENLARGE . '</a>'; ?>');
to
document.write('<?php echo '<a href="java script:popupWindow(\\\'' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_POPUP_IMAGE, 'pID=' . $product_info['products_id']) . '\\\')">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $product_info['products_image'], addslashes(addslashes($product_info['products_name'])), SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT, 'hspace="5" vspace="5"') . '<br>' . TEXT_CLICK_TO_ENLARGE . '</a>'; ?>');
the javascript wasn't getting it's \ before the ' - and this fixes that (I didn't want to mess with the Stripslashes in tep_image, since it worked fine everywhere else).
Hopefully this helps someone - my shop is not quite live, but ready for constructive criticism: http://www.tonsofcoolshit.com
Kathy
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