Movie
Quigley Down Under
Overview
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even American expatriate Crazy Cora can't keep Quigley safe in his cat-and-mouse game with the homicidal Marston.
Details
- Release date
- 1990-10-17
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- MGM-Pathé Communications, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tom Selleck as Matthew Quigley
- Laura San Giacomo as Crazy Cora
- Alan Rickman as Elliott Marston
- Chris Haywood as Major Ashley-Pitt
- Ron Haddrick as Grimmelman
- Tony Bonner as Dobkin
- Jerome Ehlers as Coogan
- Conor McDermottroe as Hobb
- Roger Ward as Brophy
- Ben Mendelsohn as O'Flynn
- Steve Dodd as Kunkurra
- Karen Davitt as Slattern
Crew
- Simon Wincer - Director
- John Hill - Screenplay
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