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
The Long Riders
03:31 - 05:26
The Long Riders
Movie, Western, Biography
During a bank robbery by the legendary James-Younger Gang, Ed Miller (Dennis Quaid) impulsively kills a man, much to the displeasure of leader Jesse James (James Keach), who insists that the gang scatter until the heat is off. The groups of brothers go their separate ways, with...
Heaven's Gate
05:26 - 08:26
Heaven's Gate
Movie, Western, Historical drama
Harvard graduate James Averill (Kris Kristofferson) is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of...
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
08:26 - 10:50
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...
Ned Kelly
10:50 - 12:48
Ned Kelly
Movie, Biography
In this movie based on a true story, Ned Kelly (Mick Jagger) has served a three-year prison sentence for stealing horses and is released. However, he cannot even begin to get his life in order before his mother (Clarissa Kaye) is arrested and falsely charged with murder. This is...
Man With the Gun
12:48 - 14:26
Man With the Gun
Movie, Western
Sheridan City is out of control. The citizens are corrupt, the saloon is an immoral indulgence, and gunmen and greedy opportunists come and go as they please. With the town's lawman (Henry Hull) incapable of maintaining order, the town council brings in a hired gun, Clint...
The Wonderful Country
14:26 - 16:19
The Wonderful Country
Movie, Western
Gunman Martin Brady (Robert Mitchum) is an American exiled in Mexico for the revenge killing of his father's assassin. Brady, a henchman of the ruthless Castro crime family, travels across the border to Texas to negotiate the sale of black market rifles. When a broken leg delays...
Young Billy Young
16:19 - 18:02
Young Billy Young
Movie, Western
Fleeing the scene of a gruesome gunfight in Mexico, Billy Young (Robert Walker) arrives in the small town of Lordsburg, where he is promptly deputized by local sheriff Ben Kane (Robert Mitchum). Kane takes the troubled young man under his wing, hoping to reform his lawless ways....
Terror in a Texas Town
18:02 - 19:34
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...
Cast a Long Shadow
19:34 - 21:09
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,...
From Noon Till Three
21:09 - 23:04
From Noon Till Three
Movie, Western, Comedy
Bank robber Graham Dorsey spends a few hours with beautiful widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time his gang takes part in a disastrous holdup. Learning of his comrades' demise, Dorsey goes on the lam. Believing her short-term lover was killed by the law, Amanda decides to make the...
Alias Jesse James
23:04 - 00:50
Alias Jesse James
Movie, Comedy
Foolish life insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth (Bob Hope) commits his biggest blunder yet when he unwittingly offers a six-figure policy to notorious gunslinger Jesse James (Wendell Corey). Furious, his boss orders him to repurchase the policy. James, however, parries...