Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
Release Date: 1978-12-20
Overview: 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.
Rating: 4 / 10
Cast
Dennis Weaver
as Prof. Benjamin Fuller
Eloy Casados
as Ishi as an Adult
Devon Ericson
as Lushi as a Teenager
Joaquín Martínez
as Grandfather
Geno Silva
as Elder Uncle
Crew
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Theodora Kroeber Quinn - Novel
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Dalton Trumbo - Writer
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Robert Ellis Miller - Director
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Christopher Trumbo - Writer
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Edward Lewis - Executive Producer
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