First Cow

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

John Magaro Cookie

Orion Lee King-Lu

Toby Jones Chief Factor

Ewen Bremner Lloyd

Scott Shepherd Captain