Narrator (voice)
Lowell Thomas
Narrator (voice)
Ike
6.5
1979
1 Season • 3 Episodes
DramaWar & Politics
Overview
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.
Trailer
Ike 1979 ABC Mini Series Promo
Cast
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert Duvall
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kay Summersby
Lee Remick
Kay Summersby
Gen. George C. Marshall
Dana Andrews
Gen. George C. Marshall
Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
J.D. Cannon
Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Gen. George S. Patton
Darren McGavin
Gen. George S. Patton
Winston Churchill
Wensley Pithey
Winston Churchill
Capt. Ernest 'Tex' Lee
Paul Gleason
Capt. Ernest 'Tex' Lee
FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Ian Richardson
FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Stephen Roberts
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Gen. Mark Clark
William Schallert
Gen. Mark Clark
Mickey McKeogh
Vincent Marzello
Mickey McKeogh
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