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Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

Release Year
1978
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama
TV Movie
Directed By
Robert Ellis Miller
Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

A touching dramatization of a short chapter of American history, tracing the life of the last Yahi Indian from his childhood to his death in 1917 and the story of his friendship with an anthropologist after his discovery in northern California in 1911.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Dennis Weaver

Prof. Benjamin Fuller

Eloy Casados

Ishi as an Adult

Devon Ericson

Lushi as a Teenager

Joaquín Martínez

Grandfather

Joseph Runningfox

Ishi as a Teenager

Lois Red Elk

Grandmother

Arliene Nofchissey Williams

Mother

Michael Medina

Ishi as a Boy

Patricia Ganera

Lushi as a Girl

Eddie Marquez

Timawi as a Boy

Dennis Dimster

Tad Fuller

Wayne Heffley

Sheriff Lockhart

Crew

Robert Ellis Miller

Director

Woody Omens

Director of Photography

Argyle Nelson Jr.

Editor

Harold Wilner

Editor

Mort Rabinowitz

Production Design

Vicki Niemi

Producer

James F. Sommers

Producer

Theodora Kroeber Quinn

Novel

Christopher Trumbo

Writer

Dalton Trumbo

Writer

Edward Lewis

Executive Producer

Mildred Lewis

Executive Producer

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