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Ike

7.3/10
TMDB3 votes
Original: 1 seasons

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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About Ike

Ike (1979) is a TV series in the drama, war & politics genres. The cast includes Lowell Thomas, Robert Duvall, Lee Remick, Dana Andrews.

Released
Original language
Seasons
1
Episodes
3
Status
Ended
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
ABC Circle Films
Creators
Melville Shavelson

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What is Ike about?

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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Lowell Thomas, Robert Duvall, Lee Remick, Dana Andrews, J.D. Cannon, Darren McGavin. See the cast cards above for character names.

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