First Cow

First Cow(2020)

"A simple western about the origin of the American Dream."

7.1/10
506 votes
122 minMarch 6, 2020

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.

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