Release Date

03 May, 1979

Runtime

01:37: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

3/1

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.

Original Title

Ike

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Miniseries

03 May, 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.

Created By

Melville Shavelson

Actors

Lowell Thomas

Robert Duvall

Lee Remick

Dana Andrews

J.D. Cannon

Darren McGavin

Wensley Pithey

Paul Gleason

Ian Richardson

Stephen Roberts

William Schallert

Vincent Marzello

Major Wiley

Crew

Fred Karlin

Kay Summersby Morgan

Bill McCutchen

Louis Rudolph

Melville Shavelson

Bill Lenny

John Woodcock

Ward Preston

Peter Murton

Lynn Stalmaster