One of the best Western movies ever is on TV today

The classic film will be remade again very soon.

The 1960 oater, which itself is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, stars Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn and Horst Buchholz as a group of gunfighters in the American Old West.

The seven are hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits (led by Eli Wallach).

Directed by John Sturges (Bad Day at Black Rock, The Great Escape), the '60s movie was a major commercial and critical hit.

It also spawned three sequels, a '90s TV adaptation and a 2016 remake, the latter of which starred Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke.

Recently, the streaming service MGM+ greenlit a new eight-part TV series adaptation of The Magnificent Seven from writer Tim Kring (Heroes) starring Matt Dillon (Rumble Fish).

The 1960 version is airing on TV today on BBC Two at 3.15pm. It's also available to rent on Apple TV, Prime Video, and the Sky Store.

Watch the trailer for The Magnificent Seven (1960) right here:

Here are the movies airing on TV tonight:

Braveheart - Film4 - 9pm

'They may take our lives, but they'll never take… OUR FREEDOM!'

Where the Crawdads Sing - Channel 4 - 9pm

This 2022 murder mystery, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People), was a big box-office hit.

Texas Rangers - Legend - 9pm

Another Western, except this one was from 2001 and has a very low 2% Rotten Tomatoes score.

The Bank Job / The Hatton Garden Job - Legend Xtra - 9pm / 11.15pm

A double bill of British heist thrillers.

Angel Has Fallen - RTÉ One - 9.45pm

The third entry in Gerard Butler's 'Has Fallen' action movie franchise.

Rain Man - TG4 - 9.45pm

Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise star in this Oscar-winning comedy-drama.

Beverly Hills Cop - Sky One - 10pm

Eddie Murphy stars in this iconic action comedy as a street-smart Detroit detective who visits Beverly Hills, California, to solve the murder of his best friend.

The Mask of Zorro - Legend - 10.55pm

Antonio Banderas' beloved first outing as the dashing masked vigilante Zorro.

Jojo Rabbit - Channel 4 - 11.20pm

Director Taika Waititi's Oscar-winning comedy-drama about a boy (Roman Griffin Davis) growing up in Nazi Germany, who finds out that his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic.

The Russia House - RTÉ One - 11.55pm

Based on the John le Carré novel of the same name, this well-liked 1990 spy thriller stars Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer.