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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.
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- verified Status: Ended
- person By: Melville Shavelson
- calendar_month Release Date: 1979-05-03
- update Lastly Aired: 1979-05-06
- video_camera_front Companies ABC Circle Films
- list_alt Seasons & Episodes: 1 Seasons, 3 Episodes
- timer Episode Runtime: 97 Mins/Episode
- star Rating: 6.5 / 10
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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
Wensley Pithey
Winston Churchill
Paul Gleason
Capt. Ernest 'Tex' Lee
Ian Richardson
FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Stephen Roberts
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Schallert
Gen. Mark Clark
Vincent Marzello
Mickey McKeogh
Major Wiley
Sgt. Moaney
groups Crew
Fred Karlin
Original Music Composer
Kay Summersby Morgan
Book
Bill McCutchen
Producer
Louis Rudolph
Executive Producer
Melville Shavelson
Executive Producer
Bill Lenny
Editor
John Woodcock
Editor
Ward Preston
Art Direction
Peter Murton
Art Direction
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting Director
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During World War II, General Dwight D. 'Ike' Eisenhower serves as supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe. On a personal ...
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