Quigley not only turns down the job offer, he throws Marston out of his house twice. Marston's killing of aborigines is technically illegal, but he implies that it is tolerated by the local military police with whom Marston has 'an arrangement.' Quigley, who believed he was hired to shoot dingoes, finds the idea abhorrent. He informs Quigley his sharpshooting skills will be used to eradicate the increasingly elusive native Aborigines. Marston is infatuated with stories of quick-draw gunslingers from the American Old West, believing himself to have been born on the wrong side of the globe, and amazed that Quigley has actually been to Dodge City. Upon seeing Quigley, Cora consistently calls him 'Roy,' much to Quigley's annoyance. Quigley is eventually taken to Marston's station in the Western Australian outback. Quigley tries to prevent them from forcing 'Crazy Cora' (Laura San Giacomo) onto their wagon and beats the men until they learn that Quigley is the individual they were sent to pick up. When he arrives in Australia, he is met by employees of the man who hired him, Elliot Marston (Alan Rickman). He answers a newspaper advertisement that asks for men with a special talent in long distance shooting with four words, 'Matthew Quigley 900 yards,' written on a copy of the advertisement, punctuated by several closely spaced bullet holes. Quigley's weapon of choice is an 1874 Sharps Buffalo Rifle. Matthew Quigley (Tom Selleck) is a cowboy and sharpshooter from America with a keen eye and a specially modified rifle with which he can shoot accurately at extraordinary distances.

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