Starring
Robert DuvallLee RemickDana AndrewsJ.D. CannonPaul GleasonDarren McGavin
Ratings per Episode
Votes per Episode
Ike: The War Years Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.4 |
Download Infographic
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.
All Seasons
▼
Miniseries1979
8.14536h
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.
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Part I | 7.9 | 19 | 120 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Part II | 8.0 | 14 | 120 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Part III | 8.4 | 12 | 120 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Robert Duvall Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lee Remick Kay Summersby
Dana Andrews Gen. George C. Marshall
J.D. Cannon Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Paul Gleason Capt. Ernest 'Tex' Lee
Darren McGavin Gen. George S. Patton
Wensley Pithey Winston Churchill
Ian Richardson Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery
Stephen Roberts President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Schallert Gen. Mark Clark