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Others have hashed out the plot ad nauseum and accurately but what always piqued my interest was, I always wanted that Sharps rifle, even before the movie. After the movie, all pieces in circulation went thru the roof, remember Dirty Harry? Well, finally got one reasonable in an estate sale. After much trial and effort, the shots made in the movie were NOT implausible! Not always by my hand, but do-able. OK, but the movie starts downhill after the bucket shots and only peak again when the rifle stars in the movie. Don't get me wrong, Selleck and the others (even the evil rancher) are most excellent in their roles, it's just the plot pales when the gun is not BOOMING. Still a good movie throughout if not quite up to Tombstone....
I enjoyed this movie. Tom Selleck is Matthew Quigley, an American who answered an ad for the best long range marksman in the world. He is unbeatable with his rifle, a Sharps .45-110 single-shot Range-Master rifle. It was advertised in 1875 as accurate up to 1000Meters, which put it in a class with few competitors. His response was just a target with bullet holes from about 800 meters. He made the trip to Australia. It took about three months to get there. His employer, Mr. Marsden (Allan Rickman), sent his men to meet Quigley, and a fight breaks out when the drovers want to bring back some white whores to the ranch. One woman, Cora, an American with mental problems doesn't quite want to go, and Quigley steps in. He single-handedly whips the lot of them until they find out that he is Marsden's new man. They make the trip back to Marsden Station. This is a large cattle operation, and they apparently have problems with the Aboriginal people stealing cattle. When Quigley finds out that he has been hired to shoot and kill these people like animals, he beats the hell out of Marsden. Cora, the crazy woman, intervenes for Quigley and is beaten too. Both are taken out into the Out-Back to be left to die. Quigley gets the drop on one of the hired men while he is robbing his pockets, and kills him. The other one gets away but Quigley shoots him and kills him. Quigley now goes on a hunt for Marsden. He kills many of Marsden's men, and eventually goes after him too. Along the way, he finds out that Cora had suffered something of a nervous breakdown back in Texas when the Comanche Indians attacked, and she had accidentally suffocated her child while trying to silence him. Her husband took her to Galveston and put her on the first ship, not even knowing where it was going. She keeps calling Matthew Quigley, Roy. They are falling in love, but he still doesn't know if she will ever be alright. Quigley goes after Marsdon, but is caught by his last two men. Marsden thinks that he is some kind of Wyatt Earp character, but in a heads-up fight, Quigley kills Marsden and both of his hired men. When originally lost in the out-back, Quigley and Cora were rescued and saved by the Aborigines. They had heard that he had beaten Marsden and refused to kill these people. Every time since then that he saw Marsden's men hunting the Aborigines, he shot them down as the murderers that they were. The Aborigines revered him. British soldiers arrived just after the gunfight and ordered him to surrender. At that moment, hundreds of Aborigines began appearing everywhere. The soldiers afraid for their lives retreated, and Quigley and Cora went home to America.Read full review
Like a love story that a woman or man can enjoy, this is it. It is my favorite movie with Tom Selleck. There is one other movie that Tom Selleck's acting was outstanding but the subject I can't see twice. But this one I can see again when I tell someone and they want to see it and I can see it again. Funny, but not too funny, lovely dovie but not to lovely dovie. There are time you cry because the story line is one that is easy to believe. But most of all the WHOLE cast is great. Not on actor would you want to replace.
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Tell the community about your experience USING??? the Quigley Down Under? I'm sure my girl friend would love to use the "Qigley" Down Under. Well, we could discuss what the best western movies of all times are. Top 10. Do a list. Criteria would need to be established. Guidelines. It would be a process. Quigley is a movie I will always Tivo (so I can fast-forward through the commercials)anytime it's available and I always enjoy it. It's interesting to see where and how it's edited for television. Everyone does a great job on this film and, let's face it, Tom Selleck looks like he jumped off every Louie Lamour (?) book cover you've ever seen. He's like Sam Elliot's more western brother. Good movies are like a fine wines. Sometimes it's just enough knowing that they're available at your convenience.Read full review
Probably one of Tom Seleck's best works. Alan Rickman was always superb. Acting is outstanding and it is a compelling story liine.
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