MGM Presents: Westerns

Stati Uniti Stati Uniti

MGM Presents: Westerns attinge al vasto archivio cinematografico della Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, concentrandosi sul genere western così come si è sviluppato nel cinema americano. Gli spettatori negli Stati Uniti possono vedere film classici della metà del XX secolo, incluse opere dirette da John Ford e interpretate da attori come James Stewart o John Wayne. Il canale include anche western revisionisti più recenti, degli anni Sessanta e Settanta, oltre a serie televisive originariamente prodotte per la rete. Documentari sul Far West e brevi featurette dietro le quinte riempiono occasionalmente gli spazi tra un film e l’altro.

I palinsesti sono organizzati in blocchi tematici, come i western del pomeriggio nei fine settimana o i doppi spettacoli serali. Il canale è disponibile tramite operatori via cavo e satellite in tutto il paese, e alcuni episodi o film possono essere accessibili on demand attraverso piattaforme di streaming affiliate. Le guide TV sui giornali locali e nei database online mostrano solitamente la programmazione giornaliera, che ruota i titoli del catalogo senza ripetere lo stesso film troppo spesso nell’arco di un singolo mese.

Programma
Vera Cruz
00:13 - 01:59
Vera Cruz
Movie, Western, Adventure, Drama
Following the American Civil War, veteran Benjamin Trane (Gary Cooper) and gunslinger Joe Erin (Burt Lancaster) are just two of many men who head to Mexico as mercenaries. When Emperor Maximilian (George Macready) recruits their services, they reluctantly work together, since...
The Scalphunters
01:59 - 03:58
The Scalphunters
Movie, Western, Comedy
Illiterate fur trapper Joe Bass (Burt Lancaster) is coerced by some Kiowa Indians into trading his haul for a well-educated, escaped slave named Joseph Lee (Ossie Davis). Bass seeks to track the Indians and recover his treasure, while Joseph wants to travel to Mexico, where...
Valdez Is Coming
03:58 - 05:42
Valdez Is Coming
Movie, Western, Drama
When rancher Frank Tanner (Jon Cypher) hoodwinks local lawman Bob Valdez (Burt Lancaster) into shooting an innocent man, Valdez is remorseful and tries to take up a collection for the widow. Tanner won't hear of it, however, and punishes Valdez by driving him into the desert...
Lawman
05:42 - 07:36
Lawman
Movie, Western
During a drunken spree in the small Wild West town of Bannock, one of a half-dozen workers from a nearby ranch accidentally shoots an innocent man. Bannock's marshal, a righteous man named Jered Maddox (Burt Lancaster), comes to the larger town of Sabbath bearing the dead body...
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
07:36 - 10:00
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Movie, Comedy, Drama, Western
By 1885, beloved cavalryman Buffalo Bill Cody (Paul Newman) has hired a publicist and producer to help shape and promote his traveling Wild West show, which presents historically inaccurate reenactments of conflicts between U.S. troops and Native Americans. Cody hires Chief...
The Way West
10:00 - 12:21
The Way West
Movie, Western
In search of greener pastures, Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas) heads west, with scores of settlers following behind. Tadlock has hired an experienced scout, Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum), to accompany the caravan on the way from Missouri to Oregon. But hazards along...
The Spikes Gang
12:21 - 14:13
The Spikes Gang
Movie, Western
Will (Gary Grimes), Les (Ron Howard) and Tod (Charlie Martin Smith), teenage farm boys living near the Mexican border, stumble upon Harry Spikes (Lee Marvin), a local bandit near death in the middle of nowhere. After helping bring the aging man back to health, the trio decide to...
The Return of a Man Called Horse
14:13 - 16:39
The Return of a Man Called Horse
Movie, Western
In this sequel to A Man Called Horse, Lord John Morgan (Richard Harris) returns to the American West after feeling out of place in England. When he finds his Sioux friends who adopted him as one of their own, Morgan learns that white fur-trappers are murdering the Sioux and...
Fury at Showdown
16:39 - 18:05
Fury at Showdown
Movie, Western
Reformed ex-convict Brock Mitchell (John Derek) completes a prison sentence for shooting a man in a desperate act of self-defense and travels to the ranch run by his brother, Tracy (Nick Adams). Now an outcast in his own hometown, Brock throws himself into raising animals and...
Cast a Long Shadow
18:05 - 19:41
Cast a Long Shadow
Movie, Western
Chip (John Dehner), a ranch foreman, approaches aimless hard-drinker Matt Brown (Audie Murphy) in a New Mexico bar. The owner of Chip's ranch has died and left Matt his land, thinking the troubled drifter may be his long-estranged son. Initially, Matt plans on selling the ranch,...
Terror in a Texas Town
19:41 - 21:13
Terror in a Texas Town
Movie, Western
When Swedish-American whaler George Hansen returns to his Texas hometown after 20 years at sea, he's shocked to learn that his father was murdered just two days prior. The feckless local sheriff won't do anything about it, so George investigates on his own and discovers that an...
The Glory Guys
21:13 - 23:24
The Glory Guys
Movie, Western, Drama, Romance
Inspired by the Battle of the Little Bighorn, this Western follows a selfish military leader, Gen. Frederick McCabe (Andrew Duggan), who unfeelingly throws his soldiers into dangerous battle situations, and the soldiers who must follow his orders. While waiting to be sent into...
Along Came Jones
23:24 - 01:07
Along Came Jones
Movie, Western
Melody Jones (Gary Cooper) is a laid-back cowboy who gets lost on the trail and ends up in the small town of Payneville. Seeing the initials "MJ" on his saddle, the people of Payneville mistake Jones for the treacherous bandit Monte Jarrad (Dan Duryea), and they nearly kill him...