One of the best Western movies of all time is on TV tonight

The first entry in Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood's iconic Dollars Trilogy of Westerns.

Directed by Leone and starring Eastwood in his first lead role, the 1964 film sees the latter play a wandering gunfighter who arrives in a Mexican village during a power struggle between two smuggler families.

In an effort to make money, the stranger decides to play these families against each other.

An unofficial remake of Akira Kurosawa's samurai movie Yojimbo, A Fistful of Dollars boasts one of the coolest performances of all time from Eastwood, incredibly stylish direction from Leone and a gorgeous score from Ennio Morricone.

Both A Fistful of Dollars and its follow-ups - For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - are now considered among the best and most influential Western films of all time.

It was announced in 2024 that a remake of the 1964 flick is in the works.

A Fistful of Dollars is airing on TV tonight on Sky Arts at 9pm. It's also available to rent on Apple TV and the Sky Store.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight:

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody - RTÉ Two - 9.35pm

Biopic about the America superstar starring Naomi Ackie, Nafessa Williams and Stanley Tucci.

12 Years a Slave - Channel 4 - 1am

Oscar-winning historical drama based on Solomon Northup's autobiographical book.

Bad Boys II - ITV1 - 10pm

Two mismatched undercover cops set out to halt an underground gang war and bring down a drug lord attempting to flood the market with a deadly form of Ecstasy.

Aftermath - Legend -11.15pm

A hard-working construction worker is forced to deal with life-shattering loss when his family are killed in a plane crash

Death Wish - Legend Xtra - 10.55pm

Vigilante thriller, starring Charles Bronson, Hope Lange and Vincent Gardenia.