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Film · 1978
Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
1h 40mDirected by Robert Ellis Miller
- TV Movie
- Drama
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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Cast
Dennis WeaverProf. Benjamin Fuller
Eloy CasadosIshi as an Adult
Devon EricsonLushi as a Teenager
Joaquín MartínezGrandfather
Geno SilvaElder Uncle
Joseph RunningfoxIshi as a Teenager- Lois Red ElkGrandmother
Gregory CruzTimawi as a Teenager- Arliene Nofchissey WilliamsMother
- Michael MedinaIshi as a Boy
- Patricia GaneraLushi as a Girl
- Eddie MarquezTimawi as a Boy
Details
- Director
- Robert Ellis Miller
- Writer
- Dalton Trumbo, Christopher Trumbo
- Novel
- Theodora Kroeber Quinn
- Music
- Maurice Jarre
- Cinematography
- Woody Omens
- Editor
- Argyle Nelson Jr., Harold Wilner
- Producer
- Vicki Niemi, James F. Sommers
- Release
- December 20, 1978
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Language
- English
