A beloved Western is one of the movies on TV today

The Western is from the writer of Butch Cassidy and the director of Lethal Weapon.

Based on an older TV series, the film follows the title character (Gibson), a card player and con artist, hoping to join a poker contest with an impressive payoff. To enter, however, Maverick must first put up a large cash sum.

As such, he scams hopeful contestants Annabelle (Foster) and Angel (Alfred Molina, Boogie Nights) in a preliminary card game to win the money he needs, making enemies of both players.

"While trying to evade Annabelle and Angel, the crafty Maverick realises a cunning marshal (James Garner, star of the original Maverick show) is also on his tail."

The movie was written by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) and directed by Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon, Superman).

Praised for its humour, light-hearted tone and performances (it is also filled with major cameos), Maverick was a box office hit and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.

Currently boasting a high IMDB score of 7.0, the film is airing on TV today on the channel Comedy Central at 12pm midday. It's also available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play and the Sky Store.

Here are some of the best and biggest movies on TV tonight on 26 December:

Doctor Zhivago - RTÉ One - 9.05am

David Lean's Russian-set war romance epic.

The Italian Job (1969) - BBC Two - 3.10pm

"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"

2001: A Space Odyssey - ITV4 - 3.45pm

Stanley Kubrick's stunning '60s sci-fi remains one of the best movies ever in the genre.

The Great Escape - BBC Two - 4.45pm

James Garner stars again, this time in this '60s classic about Allied soldiers imprisoned in a German POW camp in WWII who plot to escape.

Spider-Man: No Way Home - RTÉ2 - 5.55pm

Spider-Man (Tom Holland) teams up with some familiar Spidey friends in this excellent superhero sequel.

The Commitments - Comedy Central - 9pm

Director Alan Parker’s funny and vibrant adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s novel of the same name about a Dublin soul band. A bona fide classic.

Titanic - Virgin Media One - 9pm

"I'm the king of the world!"

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One - Film4 - 9pm

Tom Cruise's excellent second-to-last outing as super spy Ethan Hunt.

The Hard Way - Legend Xtra - 9pm

The hit ’90s buddy action flick in which a Hollywood star (Michael J. Fox) researching a role is allowed to tag along with a hardboiled New York City policeman (James Woods).

Rubikon - Sky Sci-Fi - 9pm

This Austrian sci-fi centres on the crew of a space station who clash with each other after Earth disappears below them in a brown, toxic fog and all contact is broken off with the ground.

Oppenheimer - RTÉ One - 9.20pm

The recent Best Picture winner we recommended last week.

Passenger 57 - ITV4 - 9.20pm

The cult ’90s action flick that made Wesley Snipes a star.

Death on the Nile - RTÉ2 - 10.05pm

Goodfellas - RTÉ One - 12.45am

"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster."

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