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Ike

1h 37m1 SeasonTMDb 7.3

DramaWar & Politics

EnglishEnded

1 · Part 1

2 · Part 2

3 · Part 3

Crew and Cast

Melville ShavelsonMelville ShavelsonCreatorLowell ThomasLowell ThomasNarrator (voice)Robert DuvallRobert DuvallGen. Dwight D. EisenhowerLee RemickLee RemickKay SummersbyDana AndrewsDana AndrewsGen. George C. MarshallJ.D. CannonJ.D. CannonGen. Walter Bedell SmithDarren McGavinDarren McGavinGen. George S. PattonWensley PitheyWensley PitheyWinston ChurchillPaul GleasonPaul GleasonCapt. Ernest 'Tex' LeeIan RichardsonIan RichardsonFM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Stephen RobertsPresident Franklin Delano RooseveltWilliam SchallertWilliam SchallertGen. Mark ClarkVincent MarzelloVincent MarzelloMickey McKeogh
Major WileySgt. MoaneyTony ClarkinTony ClarkinUS SergeantBonnie BartlettBonnie BartlettMary 'Mamie' Eisenhower (née Doud)Vernon DobtcheffVernon DobtcheffGen. Charles DeGaulleRichard HerdRichard HerdGen. Omar BradleyDavid de KeyserDavid de KeyserFM Sir Alan BrookeFrancis MatthewsFrancis MatthewsNoël Coward
Patricia MichaelGertrude LawrenceClifton JonesClifton JonesSgt. HuntCharles H. GrayCharles H. GrayGen. Lucian TruscottWilliam BoyettWilliam BoyettGen. Ward HoffenbergDon FellowsDon FellowsGen. Carl SpaatzRonald Leigh-HuntRonald Leigh-HuntGen. PagelJulia McKenzieJulia McKenzieSibyl BryanRichard McKenzieRichard McKenzieCol. OffenheimMaurice MarsacMaurice MarsacGen. Henri GiraudRobert JamesRobert JamesCapt. BurnsMartin JarvisMartin JarvisKing George VI

Storyline

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.

  • ABC Circle Films

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Info

Status
Ended
First aired
3 May 1979
Last aired
6 May 1979
TMDB score
7.3 / 10 (3 votes)

Production

Created by
Melville Shavelson
Studios
ABC Circle Films
Countries
United States of America
Networks
ABC

Episodes

Seasons
1
Episodes
3
Runtime
1h 37m
Type
Miniseries
In production
No

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English