Ike
First aired on May 3, 1979
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Genres: 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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Lowell Thomas | Narrator (voice)
Robert Duvall | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lee Remick | Kay Summersby
Dana Andrews | Gen. George C. Marshall
J.D. Cannon | Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Darren McGavin | Gen. George S. Patton
Featured Crew
Fred Karlin | Original Music Composer
Kay Summersby Morgan | Book
Bill McCutchen | Producer
Louis Rudolph | Executive Producer
Melville Shavelson | Executive Producer
Bill Lenny | Editor
