A star-studded cult classic Western movie is on TV tonight

The Western film has four massive stars and was made by the director of the James Bond entries Dr. No, From Russia with Love and Thunderball.

Set in the 1870s in the Old West, the film revolves around two bandits: Link (Charles Bronson, The Dirty Dozen) and Gauche (Alain Delon, Le Samouraï). The pair rob a train which is transporting a Japanese delegation holding a special ceremonial sword for the US President.

Amidst the heist, however, Gauche double-crosses Link and leaves him for dead. Nursed back to health, Link is then ordered by the Japanese to team up with Kuroda (Toshirô Mifune, Seven Samurai), one of their guards.

Kuroda has a week to recover the sword or face death.

"Hoping to find out from Gauche where the gang buried their spoils before Kuroda can kill him, Link tries to escape from the samurai," the plot synopsis adds.

Billed as the first 'East meets West' Western, Red Sun was directed by Terence Young (who helmed three of the Sean Connery-led Bond films) and co-stars Ursula Andress (Dr. No) as Gauche's girlfriend.

And thanks to the movie's unique mix of gunslingers and samurai and its cast full of legendary actors, the Western has become an object of fascination in film circles.

Indeed, company StudioCanal recently re-released Red Sun on DVD and Blu-ray under its 'Cult Classics' banner.

Red Sun is airing on TV tonight on the channel Legend Xtra at 9 pm. The movie is also streaming on Prime Video and Plex.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

The Sweeney - Legend - 9pm

An insubordinate detective and his loyal partner set out to stop a series of robberies across London.

US Marshals - ITV4 - 9 pm

A federal marshal sets out in pursuit of an escaped prisoner who is determined to prove his murder conviction was false.

Blood Father- TG4 - 10 pm

An ex-con battles to protect his estranged 17-year-old daughter from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.

Outlaw - Legend - 11.10 pm

An Iraq war veteran returns to a lawless England and discovers thugs have taken over his neighbourhood and his wife is having an affair.

Taken 2 - ITV4 - 11.35 pm

Retired CIA officer Bryan Mills ends up with his family in Istanbul, where he is kidnapped, along with his ex-wife, by the father of one of the men he killed while saving his daughter two years earlier.