TV Movie · Drama

Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

Name: Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Genre: TV Movie, Drama
Released: 1978-12-20
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Dennis Weaver, Eloy Casados, Devon Ericson, Joaquín Martínez, Geno Silva

7.0(2) 12/20/1978 1h 40m

TV MovieDrama

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.

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Top Cast

Dennis Weaver

Prof. Benjamin Fuller

Eloy Casados

Ishi as an Adult

Devon Ericson

Lushi as a Teenager

Joaquín Martínez

Grandfather

Geno Silva

Elder Uncle

Joseph Runningfox

Ishi as a Teenager

Lois Red Elk

Grandmother

Gregory Cruz

Timawi as a Teenager

Directed by

Robert Ellis Miller

Crew

Dalton TrumboWriter Christopher TrumboWriter Mildred LewisExecutive Producer Vicki NiemiProducer Edward LewisExecutive Producer James F. SommersProducer

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