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Plot

Tom Selleck stars as American cowboy archetype Matthew Quigley in Simon Wincer's outback western Quigley Down Under. Answering an advertisement placed by Australian cattle baron Elliot Marston (Alan Rickman) to come to the rugged and uncivilized Australian countryside and shoot dingoes, Quigley finds himself halfway around the world, only to find that Marston wants to exploit his talents as a sharpshooter in order to wipe out the Aborigine population. Taken aback by this square-jawed genocide, Quigley grabs Marston and hurls him through a window. Marston, who controls the region, sets out to hunt Quigley down. But helping him stay one step ahead of Marston is the addlebrained expatriate American trollop Crazy Cora (Laura San Giacomo) who insists that Quigley is her husband Roy.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Westerns
Run Time:
121min.
Theatrical Release Date:
10/19/1990
DVD Release Date:
09/04/2001
Distributor(s):
MGM-UA Communications
Director(s):
Simon Wincer
Starring:
Tom Selleck , Laura San Giacomo , Alan Rickman , Chris Hayward , Ron Haddrick
Themes:
Out For Revenge,Righting the Wronged,Fish Out of Water,Cattle Ranchers,Ranchers
Tone:
Earnest,Rousing
Keywords:
Aborigine,American [nationality],Australia,cattlemen,cowboy,dingo,employment,genocide,hired-gun [consultant],landowner,ranch,revenge
Country of Origin:
USA (10-19-1990)
Language:
English