Ike (1979)

Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this mini-series, his relationships with the other wartime leaders, and, very discreetly, his personal relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby.

Date of release

1979-05-03

TMDB

6.8 / 10 (3)

Runtime

6h 0m

Genres

Drama, History, War, TV Movie

Director

Boris Sagal, Melville Shavelson

Casting

• 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 — Gen. Ernest "Tex" Lee
• Laurence Luckinbill — Maj. Richard Arnold
• Darren McGavin — Gen. George S. Patton
• Wensley Pithey — Winston Churchill
• Ian Richardson — FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
• Stephen Roberts — Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• William Schallert — Gen. Mark Clark
• Wolfgang Preiss — FM Alfred Jodl

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