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Ishi, the Last of his Tribe

on BBC Two England

starring
Dennis Weaver with Eloy Phil Casados
As a boy, Ishi watches most of his tribe being brutally massacred by white men. After years spent in the wilderness his remaining companions and members of his family die and Ishi is driven into the white man's world. This remarkable film - set in 1911 - tells Ishi's extraordinary true story and of his friendship with professor Benjamin Fuller.
Screenplay by DALTON AND CHRISTOPHER TRUMBO Based on the book Ishi in Two Worlds by THEODORA KROEBER QUINN Produced by JAMES F. SOMMERS
Directed by ROBERT ELUS MILLER
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Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Weaver
Unknown:
Eloy Phil Casados
Unknown:
Benjamin Fuller.
Unknown:
Christopher Trumbo
Produced By:
James F. Sommers
Directed By:
Robert Elus Miller
Professor Benjamin Fuller:
Dennis Weaver
Ishi man:
Eloy Phil Casados
teenagerLushi:
Devon Ericson
Elder uncle:
Geno Silva
teenagerIshi:
Joseph Running Fox
Grandmother:
Lois Red Elk
teenagerTimawi:
Gregory Norman Cruz
ARLIENE:
Nopchissey Williams
Ishi as boy:
Michael Medina
Lushi as girl:
Patricia Ganera
Timawi as boy:
Eddy Marquez
Tad Fuller:
Dennis Dimster
Sheriff Lockhart:
Wayne Heeley

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