
Ike
Creator Melville Shavelson · Channel ABC · Starring Lowell Thomas, Robert Duvall, Lee Remick
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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Episodes
- Episode 1: 1. Part 1May 3, 1979 · 97 min
- Episode 2: 2. Part 2May 4, 1979 · 97 min
- Episode 3: 3. Part 3May 6, 1979 · 97 min
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Credits
- Lowell ThomasNarrator (voice) · 3 episodes
- Robert DuvallGen. Dwight D. Eisenhower · 3 episodes
- Lee RemickKay Summersby · 3 episodes
- Dana AndrewsGen. George C. Marshall · 3 episodes
- J.D. CannonGen. Walter Bedell Smith · 3 episodes
- Darren McGavinGen. George S. Patton · 3 episodes
- Melville ShavelsonCreator · Director · 2 episodes
- Boris SagalDirector · 3 episodes
Film and series details
- EPISODE LENGTH
- 97 minutes
- FIRST AIRED
- May 3, 1979
- LAST AIRED
- May 6, 1979
- PRODUCTION COMPANY
- ABC Circle Films
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