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Quigley Down Under
MEANRANK
65/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 51, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 74. Critics average 52, everyone else 69.
See the most agreed on films →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
- Director
- Simon Wincer
- Writer
- John Hill
- Released
- 17 October 1990
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Box office
- $21.4M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 4 →3 wins from 4 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| London Film Critics' Circle Award 1990 | British Actor of the Year | Alan Rickman | Winner |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors Award 1990 | Best Sound Editing – Foreign Feature | Tim Chau | Winner |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors Award 1990 | Best Sound Editing – Foreign Feature | Frank Lipson | Winner |
| Political Film Society Award 1990 | Human Rights | Nominee |
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4 awards — Quigley Down Under
×| Best Sound Editing – Foreign Feature | Tim Chau | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing – Foreign Feature | Frank Lipson | Winner |
| British Actor of the Year | Alan Rickman | Winner |
| Human Rights | Nominee |