Quigley Down Under (1990) - 4 mistakes

Factual error: Near the end of the movie, a scene opens with the sun low over the ocean. But the characters indicate it's morning. In western Australia, the ocean is to the west so the sun would be low over the water at sunset, not sunrise.

Continuity: In one of the final scenes where Quigley (Tom Selleck) has a gunfight with Alan Rickman, the time of day during the few minutes (in movie time) the scene takes place varies from noon (full sunlight) to dusk. Just prior to the gunfight, when Selleck is getting ready to draw on Rickman and his two henchmen, there are almost no shadows and there is bright sunlight indicating it is in the middle of the day. Just after the gunfight when the British army rides in to confront Quigley, there is a scene where aborigines all line up along the horizon on hills surrounding the corral. There are now long shadows on the characters and moments later, after the army has left, the camera pans the hills and no aborigines are to be seen. During this scene, you will see the sun setting over the hills.

Other: In the beginning of the film, when Quigley is fighting over the girl, the third man is hit in the nose. Before he can put his hand to his nose, there is blood on his hand.

Other: In the scene when Quigley and Crazy Cora have passed out due to exhaustion and dehydration (after walking through the desert) they are seen lying on the sand. There is a slide mark where Quigley apparently dropped and slid. The slide mark does look like the path that his torso made, but there are no marks made from his legs and there are no marks at all where he dropped Cora. In fact, she is lying perfectly straight and face up. He was carrying her over his shoulder. It is very unlikely that she would have ended up in this position.