Ike
Ike
Ike
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1979- 1979
1 Seasons
3 Episodes
6.5(2 votes)
Ended
Drama
War & 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.

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Production Companies

ABC Circle Films

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

13 members
Acting

Lowell Thomas

Narrator (voice)

Lowell Thomas
Acting

Robert Duvall

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Robert Duvall
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Lee Remick

Kay Summersby

Lee Remick
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Dana Andrews

Gen. George C. Marshall

Dana Andrews
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J.D. Cannon

Gen. Walter Bedell Smith

J.D. Cannon
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Darren McGavin

Gen. George S. Patton

Darren McGavin
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Wensley Pithey

Winston Churchill

Wensley Pithey
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Paul Gleason

Capt. Ernest 'Tex' Lee

Paul Gleason
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Ian Richardson

FM Sir Bernard Montgomery

Ian Richardson
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Stephen Roberts

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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William Schallert

Gen. Mark Clark

William Schallert
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Vincent Marzello

Mickey McKeogh

Vincent Marzello
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Major Wiley

Sgt. Moaney

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