Ike

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 1979-05-03

Last Air Date: 1979-05-06

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 3

Created By: Melville Shavelson

Networks: ABC

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Top Cast

Lowell Thomas as Narrator (voice)
Robert Duvall as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lee Remick as Kay Summersby
Dana Andrews as Gen. George C. Marshall
J.D. Cannon as Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Darren McGavin as Gen. George S. Patton
Wensley Pithey as Winston Churchill
Paul Gleason as Capt. Ernest 'Tex' Lee
Ian Richardson as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Stephen Roberts as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Seasons

Miniseries (1979)

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.