Classic Western Movies on TV This Week: November 17-23

Western movies airing on TV week of November 17 retro collage
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What To Know

  • This week, a wide selection of classic Western films featuring stars like John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and Henry Fonda will air on various cable and over-the-air TV channels.
  • Highlighted movies include iconic titles such as True Grit, A Fistful of Dollars, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Stagecoach, and The Wild Bunch, alongside modern classics like Tombstone and Unforgiven.
  • A detailed day-by-day guide helps viewers catch their favorite Westerns throughout the week of November 17-23 without missing any key broadcasts.

Every week, classic Westerns starring icons like John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Henry Fonda and Audie Murphy hit the airwaves, on cable and free antenna over-the-air channels — and with our day-by-day weekly guide to the best classic Westerns on TV, you don’t have to miss a single one.

This week, catch legendary films like True Grit, A Fistful of Dollars, The Wild Bunch, Stagecoach, 3:10 to Yuma, The Man From Laramie andThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly, as well as more recent additions to the Western movies canon like Tombstone and Unforgiven.

 

Westerns on TV Monday, November 17

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12am Colorado Territory (1949, Western) Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo GRIT
12:55am
 Bandolero! (1968, Western) James Stewart, Dean Martin MOVIES!
2:30am
 The Black Dakotas (1954, Western) Gary Merrill, Wanda Hendrix GRIT
3:15am
 North to Alaska (1960, Western) John Wayne, Stewart Granger MOVIES!
4am Stagecoach to Denver (1947, Western) Allan Lane, Bobby Blake RETROTV
6am
 Showdown at Boot Hill (1958, Western) Charles Bronson, Robert Hutton GRIT
6:55am
 The Lone Hand (1954, Western) Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale RETRO
7:30am
 The Hills Run Red (1966, Western) Thomas Hunter, Henry Silva GRIT
9am
 Eagle’s Wing (1979, Western) Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston HDNETMV
9:30am
 The Longest Hunt (1968, Western) Brian Kelly, Keenan Wynn GRIT
11am
 Stagecoach to Denver (1947, Western) Allan Lane, Bobby Blake RETROTV
11:30am
 Death Rides a Horse (1969, Western) John Phillip Law, Lee Van Cleef GRIT
11:30am
 True Grit (1969, Western) John Wayne, Glen Campbell HDNETMV
12:30pm
 Big Jake (1971, Western) John Wayne, Richard Boone SUNDANCE
2:30pm
 A Fistful of Dollars (1964, Western) Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch GRIT
3pm
 Unforgiven (1992, Western) Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman SUNDANCE
4:10pm
 Open Range (2003, Western) Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner MGM
4:15pm
 The Rounders (1965, Western) Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda TCM
4:48pm
 The Lone Hand (1954, Western) Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale RETRO
5pm
 For a Few Dollars More (1965, Western) Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef GRIT
6pm
 Tombstone (1993, Western) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer SUNDANCE
8pm
 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966, Western) Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach GRIT

Westerns on TV Monday, November 17

12am Once Upon a Time in the West (1968, Western) Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale GRIT
1:02am
 The Lone Hand (1954, Western) Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale RETRO
1:45am
 Tombstone (1993, Western) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer AMC
2:22am
 The Cimarron Kid (1951, Western) Audie Murphy, Yvette Dugay RETRO
5:42am
 Smoke Signal (1955, Western) Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie RETRO
6am
 Stagecoach (1939, Western) John Wayne, Claire Trevor MOVIES!
7am
 The Broken Star (1956, Western) Howard Duff, Lita Baron GRIT
9am
 Sierra Stranger (1957, Western) Howard Duff, Gloria McGehee GRIT
9am
 True Grit (1969, Western) John Wayne, Glen Campbell HDNETMV
9:03am The Great Man’s Lady (1942, Western) Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea RETRO
10:25am
 The Ruthless Four (1968, Western) Van Heflin, Gilbert Roland MOVIES!

THE CIMARRON KID, from left, Beverly Tyler, Audie Murphy, 1952

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10:35am The Cimarron Kid (1951, Western) Audie Murphy, Yvette Dugay RETRO
12pm
 Smoke Signal (1955, Western) Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie RETRO
12:25pm
 Alvarez Kelly (1966, Western) William Holden, Richard Widmark MOVIES!
2:45pm
 The Revengers (1972, Western) William Holden, Susan Hayward MOVIES!
3:21pm
 Jericho (2000, Western) Mark Valley, Leon Coffee RETRO
4:45pm
 The Wild Bunch: The Director’s Cut (1969, Western) William Holden, Ernest Borgnine MOVIES!
5:03pm
 The Cimarron Kid (1951, Western) Audie Murphy, Yvette Dugay RETRO
6:28pm
 The Great Man’s Lady (1942, Western) Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea RETRO
8pm
 The Professionals (1966, Western) Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster GRIT
9:52pm
 Smoke Signal (1955, Western) Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie RETRO
11pm
 Vengeance Valley (1951, Western) Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker GRIT
11:21pm
 Jericho (2000, Western) Mark Valley, Leon Coffee RETRO

Westerns on TV Tuesday, November 18

1am Guns of Diablo (1964, Western) Charles Bronson, Kurt Russell GRIT
1:03am
 Shootout (1971, Western) Gregory Peck, Pat Quinn RETRO
5:19am
 The Westward Trail (1948, Western) Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates RETRO
8:30am
 A Fistful of Dollars (1964, Western) Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch GRIT
9:22am
 Shootout (1971, Western) Gregory Peck, Pat Quinn RETRO
12:30pm
 The Wild and the Innocent (1959, Western) Audie Murphy, Joanne Dru RETRO
3:34pm
 Shootout (1971, Western) Gregory Peck, Pat Quinn RETRO
5pm
 Quigley Down Under (1990, Western) Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo HDNETMV

TOMBSTONE, Bill Paxton, Kurt Russell, Sam Elliott, Val Kilmer, 1993.

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5pm Tombstone (1993, Western) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer AMC
6:34pm
 The Wild and the Innocent (1959, Western) Audie Murphy, Joanne Dru RETRO
8pm
 Lawman (1971, Western) Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan GRIT
10:15pm
 Quigley Down Under (1990, Western) Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo HDNETMV
10:30pm
 Ulzana’s Raid (1972, Western) Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison GRIT

Westerns on TV Wednesday, November 19

1am Apache (1954, Western) Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters GRIT
2:09am
 Destry (1955, Western) Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard RETRO
3:45am
 This Savage Land (1968, Western) Barry Sullivan, Andrew Prine RETRO
5:22am
 Ghost Town Renegades (1947, Western) Al ‘Lash’ La Rue, Al ‘Fuzzy’ St. John RETRO
6am
 Cole Younger, Gunfighter (1958, Western) Frank Lovejoy, James Best GRIT
6:15am
 McLintock! (1963, Western) John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara MOVIES!
7:31am
 Smoke Signal (1955, Western) Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie RETRO
8am
 For a Few Dollars More (1965, Western) Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef GRIT
8am My Darling Clementine (1946, Western) Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell FXM
9am
 The Train Robbers (1973, Western) John Wayne, MOVIES!
9am The Wild and the Innocent (1959, Western) Audie Murphy, Joanne Dru RETRO
9:40am
 Rio Conchos (1964, Western) Stuart Whitman, Richard Boone FXM
10:26am
 Destry (1955, Western) Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard RETRO


10:35am
 Three Amigos! (1986, Western comedy) Chevy Chase, Steve Martin MGM
11:30am
 Kid Blue (1973, Western) Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates FXM
1:15pm
 Bad Girls (1994, Western) Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson FXM
2pm
 Tombstone (1993, Western) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer AMC
3:15pm
 3:10 to Yuma (1957, Western) Van Heflin, Glenn Ford MOVIES!
3:18pm This Savage Land (1968, Western) Barry Sullivan, Andrew Prine RETRO
4:55pm
 Smoke Signal (1955, Western) Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie RETRO
6:24pm
 Destry (1955, Western) Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard RETRO
8pm
 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957, Western) Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas GRIT
10:30pm
 Vera Cruz (1954, Western) Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster GRIT
11:16pm
 This Savage Land (1968, Western) Barry Sullivan, Andrew Prine RETRO

Westerns on TV Thursday, November 20

12:30am Billy the Kid (1941, Western) Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy GRIT
12:53am
 Backlash (1956, Western) Richard Widmark, Donna Reed RETRO
7am
 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966, Western) Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach GRIT
7:53am
 Saddle Tramp (1950, Western) Joel McCrea, Wanda Hendrix RETRO
12:30pm
 Backlash (1956, Western) Richard Widmark, Donna Reed RETRO
1:55pm
 Saddle Tramp (1950, Western) Joel McCrea, Wanda Hendrix RETRO
8:01pm
 Backlash (1956, Western) Richard Widmark, Donna Reed RETRO
9:26pm
 Saddle Tramp (1950, Western) Joel McCrea, Wanda Hendrix RETRO
10:30pm
 Red Sun (1972, Western) Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress GRIT

RED SUN, Charles Bronson, Toshiro Mifune, 1972

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Westerns on TV Friday, November 21

1am Escape From Fort Bravo (1953, Western) William Holden, Eleanor Parker GRIT
3:23am
 Incident at Phantom Hill (1966, Western) Robert Fuller, Jocelyn Lane RETRO
6am
 One-Eyed Jacks (1961, Western) Marlon Brando, Karl Malden MOVIES!
7am
 The Moonlighter (1953, Western) Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray GRIT
7:59am
 Tumbleweed (1953, Western) Audie Murphy, Lori Nelson RETRO
9am
 Posse (1975, Western) Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern GRIT
9:10am
 The Wild Bunch: The Director’s Cut (1969, Western) William Holden, Ernest Borgnine MOVIES!
9:19am
 Incident at Phantom Hill (1966, Western) Robert Fuller, Jocelyn Lane RETRO
12:24pm
 Ride a Crooked Trail (1958, Western) Audie Murphy, Gia Scala RETRO
3:23pm
 Incident at Phantom Hill (1966, Western) Robert Fuller, Jocelyn Lane RETRO
3:55pm
 The Trail Beyond (1934, Western) John Wayne, Noah Beery Sr. HDNETMV
4:51pm
 Tumbleweed (1953, Western) Audie Murphy, Lori Nelson RETRO
9pm The Professionals (1966, Western) Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster INSP
10:30pm
 Riders of the Purple Sage (1996, Western) Ed Harris, Amy Madigan GRIT
11:12pm
 Ride a Crooked Trail (1958, Western) Audie Murphy, Gia Scala RETRO

Westerns on TV Saturday, November 22

Clash of the Cowboys

INSP, beginning at 1pm

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INSP celebrates classic shoot-em-up flicks in this Saturday showdown of films, including Bandolero!, Red Sun, Winchester ’73 and Ride the High Country.

1am Lawman (1971, Western) Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan GRIT
5:38am
 Ride a Crooked Trail (1958, Western) Audie Murphy, Gia Scala RETRO
10am
 Dirty Dingus Magee (1970, Western) Frank Sinatra, George Kennedy GRIT
12pm
 Wagon Master (1950, Western) Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru GRIT
1pm
Bandolero! (1968, Western) James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch INSP
1:35pm 3:10 to Yuma (1957, Western) Van Heflin, Glenn Ford MOVIES!
2pm
 Copper Canyon (1950, Western) Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr GRIT
2:15pm
 Fort Apache (1948, Western) John Wayne, Henry Fonda TCM
3:35pm
 The Revengers (1972, Western) William Holden, Susan Hayward MOVIES!
3:30pm
Red Sun (1972, Western) Richard Bronson, Ursula Andress INSP

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4pm Law of the Lawless (1964, Western) Dale Robertson, Yvonne De Carlo GRIT
4:30pm
 True Grit (1969, Western) John Wayne, Glen Campbell HDNETMV
5:35pm
 Alvarez Kelly (1966, Western) William Holden, Richard Widmark MOVIES!
6pm
 Dakota Incident (1956, Western) Linda Darnell, Dale Robertson GRIT
6pm
Winchester ’73 (1956, Western) James Stewart, Shelley Winters INSP
9pm
Ride the High Country (1955, Western) Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea INSP
8pm
 The Man From Laramie (1955, Western) James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy GRIT
10:15pm
 True Grit (1969, Western) John Wayne, Glen Campbell HDNETMV
10:30pm
 Two Rode Together (1961, Western) James Stewart, Richard Widmark GRIT

Westerns on TV Sunday, November 23

Fall for a Cowboy

INSP, beginning at 1pm

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Celebrate romance, Western Style, with a marathon of three classic cowboy-meets-girl saves-the-girl movies that have enough passion to tame a wild horse. It kicks off with the 1993 Kenny Rogers flick, Rio Diablo, continues with the 1956 The Proud Ones starring Robert Ryan and concludes with Jimmy Stewart in the 1950 film Broken Arrow.

12:46am Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970, Western) Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood RETRO
1am
 Ulzana’s Raid (1972, Western) Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison GRIT
4am
 Outlaw’s Paradise (1939, Western) Tim McCoy, Benny Corbett RETROTV
4:12am
 No Name on the Bullet (1959, Western) Audie Murphy, Charles Drake RETRO
4:40am
 The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend (1949, Western) Betty Grable, Cesar Romero FXM
6am
 Honky Tonk (1941, Western) Clark Gable, Lana Turner TCM
6am
 The Professionals (1966, Western) Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster GRIT
9am
 Wild Rovers (1971, Western) William Holden, Ryan O’Neal GRIT
11am
 Bend of the River (1952, Western) James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy RETRO
11am
 Outlaw’s Paradise (1939, Western) Tim McCoy, Benny Corbett RETROTV
12pm
 Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963, Western) Audie Murphy, Ben Cooper GRIT
1pm
Rio Diablo (1993, Western) Kenny Rogers, Naomi Judd INSP
12:32pm
 Showdown (1963, Western) Audie Murphy, Kathleen Crowley RETRO

1:52pm Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970, Western) Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood RETRO
2pm
 Column South (1953, Western) Audie Murphy, Joan Evans GRIT
3pm The Proud Ones (1956, Western) Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo INSP
4pm
 The Quick Gun (1964, Western) Audie Murphy, Merry Anders GRIT
5:18pm
 No Name on the Bullet (1959, Western) Audie Murphy, Charles Drake RETRO
5:30pm
Broken Arrow (1956, Western) Jimmy Stewart, Jeff Chandler INSP
6pm
 The Duel at Silver Creek (1952, Western) Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue GRIT
6:36pm
 Showdown (1963, Western) Audie Murphy, Kathleen Crowley RETRO
7:56pm
 Bend of the River (1952, Western) James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy RETRO
8pm
 The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957, Western) Audie Murphy, Kathryn Grant GRIT
9pm Day of the Outlaw (1959, Western) Burl Ives, Robert Ryan INSP
9:28pm
 Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970, Western) Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood RETRO
10pm
 The Texican (1966, Western) Audie Murphy, Broderick Crawford GRIT

 

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