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Ike

1979-05-03 · 97 min / episode · ★ 7.3

Drama · War & Politics

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

Top Cast

Lowell ThomasLowell ThomasNarrator (voice)
Robert DuvallRobert DuvallGen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lee RemickLee RemickKay Summersby
Dana AndrewsDana AndrewsGen. George C. Marshall
J.D. CannonJ.D. CannonGen. Walter Bedell Smith
Darren McGavinDarren McGavinGen. George S. Patton
Wensley PitheyWensley PitheyWinston Churchill
Paul GleasonPaul GleasonCapt. Ernest 'Tex' Lee
Ian RichardsonIan RichardsonFM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Stephen RobertsPresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William SchallertWilliam SchallertGen. Mark Clark
Vincent MarzelloVincent MarzelloMickey McKeogh
Major WileySgt. Moaney

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