MGM Presents: Westerns

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MGM Presents: Westerns draws its programming from the extensive Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library, focusing on the Western genre as it developed in American cinema. Viewers in the United States can see classic feature films from the mid-20th century, including works directed by John Ford and starring actors such as James Stewart or John Wayne. The channel also includes later revisionist Westerns from the 1960s and 1970s, as well as television series originally produced for network broadcast. Documentaries about the Old West and behind-the-scenes featurettes occasionally fill gaps between movie presentations.

Program schedules are structured around themed blocks, such as matinee Westerns on weekends or evening double features. The channel is available through cable and satellite providers across the country, and some episodes or films may be accessible on demand through affiliated streaming platforms. TV guide listings in local newspapers and online databases typically show the daily lineup, which rotates titles from the catalog without repeating the same film too frequently within a single month.

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
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12:44–14:48
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Cast a Long Shadow
Now
14:48–16:24
Cast a Long Shadow
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Along Came Jones
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16:24–18:07
Along Came Jones
Schedule
Adios Sabata
08:42 - 10:43
Adios Sabata
Movie, Western
Gunslinger Sabata (Yul Brynner) allies himself with a group of wily Mexican revolutionaries scheming to overthrow Emperor Maximilian and expel the occupying Austrians from their homeland. Part of their plan involves stealing a shipment of gold and using it to purchase artillery....
The Return of Sabata
10:43 - 12:44
The Return of Sabata
Movie, Western
The third in a trilogy about the eponymous lone gunman, this one finds Sabata (Lee Van Cleef) working as a sharpshooter for a circus that's just stopped in an ailing one-horse town. The circus gig is only a front, however: Sabata is actually on the verge of robbing town mayor...
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
12:44 - 14:48
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Movie, Western, Comedy
The year is 1908, and aging adventurer Sam Longwood (Lee Marvin) and his gang of crooked cowboys have been cheated out of a big score by their own cohort, Jack Colby (Robert Culp). After years of searching, Sam finally tracks Colby down and decides to take revenge against his...
Cast a Long Shadow
LIVE 14:48 - 16:24
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,...
Along Came Jones
16:24 - 18:07
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...
Vera Cruz
18:07 - 19:54
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...
Man With the Gun
19:54 - 21:31
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
21:31 - 23:25
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
23:25 - 01:07
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....