TV series

Ike

Name: Ike
Released: 1979
Cast: Lowell Thomas, Robert Duvall, Lee Remick, Dana Andrews, J.D. Cannon

1979· 1 season· 97 min episodes★ 7.3Ended

On ABC — From ABC Circle Films

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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.

Themes

historical figure miniseries historical drama biographical drama

Episodes

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E1 Part 1Next upMay 3, 1979 · 97 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Bonnie Bartlett (Mary 'Mamie' Eisenhower (née Doud)), David de Keyser (FM Sir Alan Brooke), Clifton Jones (Sgt. Hunt), Charles H. Gray (Gen. Lucian Truscott), William Boyett (Gen. Ward Hoffenberg), Don Fellows (Gen. Carl Spaatz), Ronald Leigh-Hunt (Gen. Pagel), Julia McKenzie (Sibyl Bryan)
E2 Part 2May 4, 1979 · 97 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Vernon Dobtcheff (Gen. Charles DeGaulle), Richard Herd (Gen. Omar Bradley), David de Keyser (FM Sir Alan Brooke), Francis Matthews (Noël Coward), Patricia Michael (Gertrude Lawrence), Robert James (Capt. Burns), Martin Jarvis (King George VI), Redmond Gleeson (Riley)
E3 Part 3May 6, 1979 · 97 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Bonnie Bartlett (Mary 'Mamie' Eisenhower (née Doud)), Vernon Dobtcheff (Gen. Charles DeGaulle), Richard Herd (Gen. Omar Bradley), Francis Matthews (Noël Coward), Patricia Michael (Gertrude Lawrence), Clifton Jones (Sgt. Hunt), Charles Gray (Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand), Terence Alexander (Gen. Arthur Tedder)