A legendary action thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

The film is best remembered for its lead character's famous catchphrase.

The fourth film in the Dirty Harry franchise, the follow-up sees Eastwood reprising his role as Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan, a tough anti-hero cop working in San Francisco.

After his unconventional and often brutal crime-fighting tactics cause controversy, the policeman is sent on vacation to the sea side town of San Paulo in California.

There, however, Callahan forms a connection with Jennifer (Sondra Locke - The Gauntlet, The Outlaw Josey Wales), a young woman seeking revenge against the gang that attacked her and her sister years previously.

Like all of the Dirty Harry movies, Sudden Impact is action-packed and gripping. That said, it is notable in the franchise for two particular reasons.

One: it is the only entry in the five-film series to be directed by Eastwood himself.

Two: it features one of the most famous action movie lines ever, which is often misattributed to the original Dirty Harry.

This is the line: 'Go ahead, make my day,' which Callahan says to two different criminals he becomes engaged in a standoff with.

Sudden Impact is airing on TV tonight on ITV4 at 9pm. It is also available to rent on Apple TV, Google Play, Rakuten TV and the Sky Store.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

Unchartered - Film4 - 9pm

The action adventure film starring Mark Wahlberg and Tom Holland based on the popular video game franchise of the same name.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin - Comedy Central - 9pm

The comedy classic that made Steve Carrell a movie star.

King Arthur - Legend - 9pm

The 2004 version of the King Arthur tale, with Clive Owen as the titular folk hero.

Nowhere to Run - Legend Xtra - 9pm

A ’90s thriller starring action man Jean-Claude Van Damme, which is widely considered one of his better movies.

The Woman in Black: Angel of Death - Sky Max - 9pm

A forgettable and quite dull sequel to the very good 2012 chiller that starred Daniel Radcliffe.

I Am Burt Reynolds - Sky Arts - 10pm

A documentary about the iconic Hollywood actor.

A Kiss Before Dying - Legend Xtra - 10.55pm

A ’90s thriller headlined by Matt Dillon and Sean Young that is based on a novel by Ira Levin (Rosemary’s Baby, The Stepford Wives).

Tamara Drewe - BBC Two - 11pm

In this very fun romantic comedy-drama, a journalist (Gemma Arterton) living in London returns to the small town she came from to sell her mother’s home and gets romantically involved with some of the locals (played by Dominic Cooper and Luke Evans).

Jackass Forever - Film4 - 11.15pm

The most recent entry in the Jackass film franchise.