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Ike

Ike

7,3 /10 (3 Votes)
1979 EN 1 Seasons

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.

First air date

03/05/1979

Votes

3

Popularity

2.3

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Created by

Melville Shavelson

Networks

ABC

Language

EN

Last air date

1979-05-06

Episodes

3

Episode runtime

97 min

Miniseries

Miniseries

3 episodes • 1979

During World War II, General Dwight D. 'Ike' Eisenhower serves as supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in…

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