<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $18 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $21,413,105 </Td> </Tr> <P> Quigley Down Under is a 1990 Australian - American Western film directed by Simon Wincer and starring Tom Selleck, Alan Rickman and Laura San Giacomo . </P> <P> Matthew Quigley (Tom Selleck) is an American cowboy and sharpshooter with a specially modified rifle with which he can shoot accurately at extraordinary distances . He answers a newspaper advertisement that asks for a man with a special talent in long - distance shooting, using just four words, "M. Quigley 900 yards," written on a copy of the advertisement that is punctured by six closely spaced bullet holes . </P>

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