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TV series / 1979
Ike
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. …
The story
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.
The seasons
Season 1
Miniseries
Season details
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.
Cast
Lowell ThomasNarrator (voice)
Robert DuvallGen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lee RemickKay Summersby
Dana AndrewsGen. George C. Marshall
J.D. CannonGen. Walter Bedell Smith
Darren McGavinGen. George S. Patton
Wensley PitheyWinston Churchill
Paul GleasonCapt. Ernest 'Tex' Lee
Ian RichardsonFM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Stephen RobertsPresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William SchallertGen. Mark Clark
Vincent MarzelloMickey McKeogh
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Major WileySgt. Moaney
Tony ClarkinUS Sergeant (uncredited)
Bonnie BartlettMary 'Mamie' Eisenhower (née Doud)
Vernon DobtcheffGen. Charles DeGaulle
Richard HerdGen. Omar Bradley
David de KeyserFM Sir Alan Brooke
Francis MatthewsNoël Coward
Patricia MichaelGertrude Lawrence
Clifton JonesSgt. Hunt
Charles H. GrayGen. Lucian Truscott
William BoyettGen. Ward Hoffenberg
Don FellowsGen. Carl Spaatz
Ronald Leigh-HuntGen. Pagel
Julia McKenzieSibyl Bryan
Richard McKenzieCol. Offenheim
Maurice MarsacGen. Henri Giraud
Robert JamesCapt. Burns
Martin JarvisKing George VI
Redmond GleesonRiley
Mark KingstonAir Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Charles GrayGen. 'Freddie' de Guingand
Terence AlexanderGen. Arthur Tedder
Michael MalnickGen. Strong
K CallanMrs. Wetserfield
Laurence LuckinbillMaj. Richard Arnold
Jonathan BanksSergeant
Mitchell GroupSergeant
Lloyd AlanSergeant
Patrick CullitonYoung Lieutenant
Clifford EarlLord Mountbatten
Lise HilboldtJean Dixon
James KeaneCorporal
Joe UngerPrivate
Whit BissellAdmiral
Peter HobbsAdmiral with pointer
Anne ClementsCockney Mum
Richard SandersCorrespondent
Paul NapierCorrespondent
Wolfgang PreissGen. Alfred Jodl
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