Ike (1979)

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
Lowell Thomas
as Narrator (voice)
Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lee Remick
Lee Remick
as Kay Summersby
Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews
as Gen. George C. Marshall
J.D. Cannon
J.D. Cannon
as Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin
as Gen. George S. Patton
Wensley Pithey
Wensley Pithey
as Winston Churchill
Paul Gleason
Paul Gleason
as Capt. Ernest 'Tex' Lee
Ian Richardson
Ian Richardson
as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Stephen Roberts
Stephen Roberts
as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Schallert
William Schallert
as Gen. Mark Clark
Vincent Marzello
Vincent Marzello
as Mickey McKeogh
Major Wiley
Major Wiley
as Sgt. Moaney
Tony Clarkin
Tony Clarkin
as US Sergeant (uncredited)
Bonnie Bartlett
Bonnie Bartlett
as Mary 'Mamie' Eisenhower (née Doud)
Vernon Dobtcheff
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Gen. Charles DeGaulle
Richard Herd
Richard Herd
as Gen. Omar Bradley
David de Keyser
David de Keyser
as FM Sir Alan Brooke
Francis Matthews
Francis Matthews
as Noël Coward
Patricia Michael
Patricia Michael
as Gertrude Lawrence
Clifton Jones
Clifton Jones
as Sgt. Hunt
Charles H. Gray
Charles H. Gray
as Gen. Lucian Truscott
William Boyett
William Boyett
as Gen. Ward Hoffenberg
Don Fellows
Don Fellows
as Gen. Carl Spaatz
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
as Gen. Pagel
Julia McKenzie
Julia McKenzie
as Sibyl Bryan
Richard McKenzie
Richard McKenzie
as Col. Offenheim
Maurice Marsac
Maurice Marsac
as Gen. Henri Giraud
Robert James
Robert James
as Capt. Burns
Martin Jarvis
Martin Jarvis
as King George VI
Redmond Gleeson
Redmond Gleeson
as Riley
Mark Kingston
Mark Kingston
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Charles Gray
Charles Gray
as Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand
Terence Alexander
Terence Alexander
as Gen. Arthur Tedder
Michael Malnick
Michael Malnick
as Gen. Strong
K Callan
K Callan
as Mrs. Wetserfield
Laurence Luckinbill
Laurence Luckinbill
as Maj. Richard Arnold
Jonathan Banks
Jonathan Banks
as Sergeant
Mitchell Group
Mitchell Group
as Sergeant
Lloyd Alan
Lloyd Alan
as Sergeant
Patrick Culliton
Patrick Culliton
as Young Lieutenant
Clifford Earl
Clifford Earl
as Lord Mountbatten
Lise Hilboldt
Lise Hilboldt
as Jean Dixon
James Keane
James Keane
as Corporal
Joe Unger
Joe Unger
as Private
Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell
as Admiral
Peter Hobbs
Peter Hobbs
as Admiral with pointer
Anne Clements
Anne Clements
as Cockney Mum
Richard Sanders
Richard Sanders
as Correspondent
Paul Napier
Paul Napier
as Correspondent
Wolfgang Preiss
Wolfgang Preiss
as Gen. Alfred Jodl
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Episodes season 1

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    Part 1

  • 1x2

    Part 2

  • 1x3

    Part 3

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