

Ike
1979-05-03 · 97 min / episode · ★ 7.3
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.
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- Creators
- Melville Shavelson
- Production companies
- ABC Circle Films
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Ended
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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 Montgomery
William SchallertGen. Mark Clark
Vincent MarzelloMickey McKeoghTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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