First Cow

Directed by Kelly Reichardt

Written by Kelly Reichardt, Jonathan Raymond, Jonathan Raymond

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.

Cast

John Magaro

Cookie

Orion Lee

King-Lu

Toby Jones

Chief Factor

Ewen Bremner

Lloyd

Scott Shepherd

Captain

Gary Farmer

Totillicum

Lily Gladstone

Chief Factor’s Wife

Alia Shawkat

Woman with Dog

Dylan Smith

Trapper Jack

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Ryan Findley

Trapper Dame

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Manuel Rodriguez

Trapper Bill

Patrick D. Green

Russian Trapper