Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

Duration: 100 min

Release date: 1978-12-20

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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.

TV Movie Drama

Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

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as Prof. Benjamin Fuller

as Ishi as an Adult

as Lushi as a Teenager

Joaquín Martínez

Joaquín Martínez

Joseph Runningfox

Joseph Runningfox

as Ishi as a Teenager

as Timawi as a Teenager

Arliene Nofchissey Williams

Arliene Nofchissey Williams

as Ishi as a Boy

Patricia Ganera

Patricia Ganera

as Lushi as a Girl

as Timawi as a Boy

as Sheriff Lockhart

Jay W. MacIntosh

Jay W. MacIntosh

as Music Hall Singer

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Theodora Kroeber Quinn

Theodora Kroeber Quinn

Robert Ellis Miller

Robert Ellis Miller

Christopher Trumbo

Christopher Trumbo

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Director of Photography

James F. Sommers

James F. Sommers

Mort Rabinowitz

Mort Rabinowitz

Production Design

Argyle Nelson Jr.

Argyle Nelson Jr.

Lynn Stalmaster

Lynn Stalmaster

Original Music Composer

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