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.
First Cow
“A simple western about the origin of the American Dream.”
Overview
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.
Director
Kelly Reichardt
Budget
2.0M
Revenue
101.1K
Status
Released
Production
filmscience
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
Ryan Findley
Trapper Dame
Manuel Rodriguez
Trapper Bill
Patrick D. Green
Russian Trapper
Jared Kasowski
Thomas
René Auberjonois
Man with Raven
Jean-Luc Boucherot
Sailor in Saloon
Jeb Berrier
Cribbage Player
John Keating
Heckler in Saloon
Don MacEllis
Brilliant William
Todd A. Robinson
Fort Trapper
Kevin-Michael Moore
Fort Trapper
Eric Martin Reid
Fort Trapper
Ted Rooney
Fort Trapper
Phelan Davis
Fort Trapper
Mike Wood
Fort Trapper
Sabrina Mary Morrison
Totillicum's Wife
Mitchell Saddleback
Chief Factor's Servant
Mary Ann Perreira
Hawaiian Woman
T. Dan Hopkins
Hawaiian Man
James Lee Jones
Man with Canoe
James Ridley
Soldier
Evie
The Cow
Patrick DeWitt
Man with Baby Bird
Video Gallery
Kelly Reichardt, John Magaro & Orion Lee on First Cow, Cooking, and Chemistry
Kelly Reichardt on First Cow, Influences, and Rethinking the Western
