Nicolas Cage Photo: Butcher's Crossing Film LLCThe Western “Butcher’s Crossing” begins in 1874 Kansas, where a cosseted young Harvard student is heading west in search of adventure, love or meaning—possibly all three. The audience settles in knowingly to watch as every force on the frontier conspires to delete that grin. “I’m a rather quick study,” Will tells townspeople as he searches for a job, the more arduous the better. McDonald ( Paul Raci ), an ornery old cuss who deals in buffalo hides, tells him to get lost. Neither the fear of being scalped nor the possibility of freezing to death in a prairie winter are as daunting as this man, mainly because he’s played by Nicolas Cage .

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Persons: Nicolas Cage, Fred Hechinger, ” Will, McDonald, Paul Raci, Miller, he’s Organizations: Harvard Locations: Kansas