It was recently announced that a remake of the film is in the works.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 1 March) is A Fistful of Dollars, the first entry in Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood’s iconic Dollars Trilogy of movies.
Directed by Leone and starring Eastwood in his first lead role, the 1964 Western sees the latter play a wandering gunfighter who arrives in a Mexican village during a power struggle between two smuggler families.
In an effort to make money, the stranger decides to play these families against each other.
An unofficial remake of Akira Kurosawa’s samurai movie Yojimbo, A Fistful of Dollars boasts one of the coolest performances of all time from Eastwood, incredibly stylish direction from Leone and a gorgeous score from Ennio Morricone.
Both A Fistful of Dollars and its follow-ups – For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – are now considered among the best and most influential Western films of all time.
And it was announced recently that a remake of the 1964 flick is in the works.
A Fistful of Dollars is airing on TV tonight on ITV4 at 10.45pm. It’s also available to rent on Apple TV and the Sky Store.
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Here are the other movies on TV tonight:
The Green Mile – Film4 – 9pm
An excellent Stephen King adaptation starring Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan.
Safe – Legend – 9pm
A quite underrated Jason Statham action flick where he plays a homeless man who must protect a young child with a deadly secret.
Double Team – Legend Xtra – 9pm
The cult ’90s action movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman and Mickey Rourke.
Prey – Channel 4 – 9.20pm
This excellent most recent entry in the acclaimed sci-fi action horror franchise Predator takes the series to the 18th century.
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Keanu – Comedy Central – 10pm
Comedy duo Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key play cousins who go to great lengths to rescue their cat named Keanu in this well-liked flick.
The Hunter’s Prayer – Legend – 10.55pm
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 Great Wall – Channel 4 – 11.15pm
An odd but fun period action flick where Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal play European mercenaries who journey to The Great Wall in 11th century China just as alien monsters attack.
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