Overview

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.

Created by Melville Shavelson

Network

• ABC

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

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  Lowell Thomas

  Narrator (voice)

  3 eps

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  Robert Duvall

  Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

  3 eps

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  Lee Remick

  Kay Summersby

  3 eps

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  Dana Andrews

  Gen. George C. Marshall

  3 eps

Themes

• historical figure
• miniseries
• historical drama
• biographical drama

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