Released:
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.

Director:
Robert Ellis Miller

Runtime:
1h 40min

Genre:
TV Movie, Drama

• 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