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A star-studded Western movie is airing on TV tonight

Published 11:19 10 Sept 2025 BST

Updated 14:10 2 Oct 2025 BST

Stephen Porzio
A star-studded Western movie is airing on TV tonight

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A retelling of the story of Billy the Kid, the film was recently added to Netflix as well.

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 10 September) is The Kid, the star-studded 2019 Western directed by Vincent D'Onofrio (Daredevil).

Set in the 19th century in the old West, the film follows a young boy named Rio (Jake Schur) and his teenage sister, Sara (Leila George, Disclaimer), who go on the run across the American Southwest to escape from their violent uncle (an unrecognisable Chris Pratt, Jurassic World).

"Along the way, Rio encounters the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid (Dane DeHaan, American Primeval) and the legendary lawman Pat Garrett (Ethan Hawke, Training Day)," the plot synopsis reads.

"He soon finds himself caught in the crossfire as Billy and Garrett square off in a deadly game of cat and mouse."

The Kid also co-stars D'Onofrio, as well as his Full Metal Jacket castmate Adam Baldwin.

And though the movie earned mixed reviews from critics upon release, some praised the film for its performances, cinematography, and its new take on the Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett story.

The Kid is airing on TV tonight on the channel Legend Xtra at 9pm.

The film was also recently added to Netflix.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

A Fistful of Dollars - ITV4 - 9pm

Clint Eastwood stars in one of the best Westerns ever. We recommended it last weekend.

Blacklight - Sky Max - 9pm

This 2022 action thriller starring Liam Neeson holds a 12% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes, suggesting it might not be worth your time.

Memory - Film4 - 9pm

Another, better-reviewed 2022 action thriller with Neeson, where the Irish actor plays a hitman with early dementia who becomes a target for a dangerous criminal organisation.

Guy Pearce and Monica Bellucci co-star.

In the Line of Duty - Legend - 9pm

This is not the similarly titled hit BBC series, but instead, a 2019 American cop thriller film starring Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight).

Beast - RTÉ2 - 9.30pm

Idris Elba takes on a lion in this 2022 survival thriller.

Witness for the Prosecution - BBC Four - 10pm

Based on the classic Agatha Christie play, this '50s courtroom drama stars Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich and Tyrone Power and is directed by legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard).

I Am Alfred Hitchcock - Sky Arts - 10pm

A documentary about another legendary director, Alfred Hitchcock, who was best known for his highly suspenseful thrillers, including Psycho, Rear Window, and Vertigo.

Kickboxer - Legend - 11pm

The hit martial arts flick starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

The Hunter's Prayer - Legend Xtra - 11pm

Avatar’s Sam Worthington plays a conflicted hitman helping a young woman to avenge the death of her family in this 2017 action thriller.

The Krays - BBC One - 11.10pm

This well-reviewed ’90s crime-drama sees real-life brothers and Spandau Ballet band members Gary and Martin Kemp play British gangster twins Ronald and Reginald Kray.

Memento - Film4 - 11.15pm

Guy Pearce stars again, this time in director Christopher Nolan's breakthrough, mind-bending thriller about a man with anterograde amnesia searching for his wife's killer.

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