Ike, also known as Ike: The War Years, is a 1979 television miniseries about the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The screenplay by Melville Shavelson is based on Kay Summersby's 1948 memoir Eisenhower Was My Boss and her 1975 autobiography, Past Forgetting: My Love Affair. The series aired from May 3–6, 1979 on ABC. During World War II, General Dwight D. 'Ike' Eisenhower serves as supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe. On a personal level, he has an extramarital affair with his driver Kay Summersby.
- Status
- Ended
- Original Language
- English
- Production
- ABC Circle Films
- Network
- ABC
- Created By
- Melville Shavelson
- Last Episode
- S1 E3 · May 6, 1979
Cast
Lowell ThomasNarrator (voice)
Robert DuvallGen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lee RemickKay Summersby
Dana AndrewsGen. George C. Marshall
J.D. CannonGen. Walter Bedell Smith
Darren McGavinGen. George S. Patton
Wensley PitheyWinston Churchill
Paul GleasonCapt. Ernest 'Tex' Lee
Ian RichardsonFM Sir Bernard MontgomeryStephen RobertsPresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William SchallertGen. Mark Clark
Vincent MarzelloMickey McKeoghMedia
Official Trailer
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Ike, also known as Ike: The War Years, is a 1979 television miniseries about the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The screenplay by Melville Shavelson is based on Kay Summersby's 1948 memoir Eisenhower Was My Boss and her 1975 autobiography, Past Forgetting: My Love Affair. The series aired from May 3–6, 1979 on ABC. Duri…
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Who stars in Ike?
The series stars Lowell Thomas, Robert Duvall, Lee Remick, Dana Andrews, J.D. Cannon and more.
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