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First Cow

7.020202h 2mPG-13MovieDramaHistory

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.

DirectorKelly Reichardt
WritersKelly Reichardt·Jonathan Raymond
ProducersScott Rudin·Eli Bush

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Cast · Directed by Kelly Reichardt

JMJohn Magaro
John Magaro
Cookie
OLOrion Lee
Orion Lee
King-Lu
TJToby Jones
Toby Jones
Chief Factor
EBEwen Bremner
Ewen Bremner
Lloyd
SSScott Shepherd
Scott Shepherd
Captain
GFGary Farmer
Gary Farmer
Totillicum
LGLily Gladstone
Lily Gladstone
Chief Factor’s Wife
ASAlia Shawkat
Alia Shawkat
Woman with Dog
DSDylan Smith
Dylan Smith
Trapper Jack
RF
Ryan Findley
Trapper Dame
MR
Manuel Rodriguez
Trapper Bill
PGPatrick D. Green
Patrick D. Green
Russian Trapper

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