The Outlaw Josey Wales

ITV4, 9pm, Wednesday

Missouri farmer Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, who also directs) vows revenge after his family is slaughtered by maverick soldiers during the American Civil War.

While tracking down those responsible, he becomes an outlaw, feared by those who have heard of his ruthless ways.

After the war ends, Josey becomes a wanted man, but despite his efforts to remain a loner, he unwittingly creates a new family from a bunch of disenfranchised souls.

This absorbing and frequently very funny Western is regarded as one of Eastwood’s finest.