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.
Top Billed 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
Featured Crew
Theodora Kroeber Quinn
Novel
Dalton Trumbo
Writer
Robert Ellis Miller
Director
Christopher Trumbo
Writer
Edward Lewis
Executive Producer
Mildred Lewis
Executive Producer
Vicki Niemi
Producer
James F. Sommers
Producer
Maurice Jarre
Music
Woody Omens
Director of Photography
Argyle Nelson Jr.
Editor
Harold Wilner
Editor