Ike: The War Years (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.
- Release date
- May 3, 1979
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom, United States
Cast
- Robert Duvall as General Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Lee Remick as Kay Summersby
- Dana Andrews as General George C. Marshall
- J.D. Cannon as General Walter Bedell Smith
- Paul Gleason as Captain Ernest 'Tex' Lee
- Laurence Luckinbill as Major Richard Arnold
- Darren McGavin as Gen. George S. Patton
- Wensley Pithey as Winston Churchill
- Ian Richardson as Field Marshall Sir Bernard Montgomery
- Steven Roberts as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Crew
- Boris Sagal · Director
- Melville Shavelson · Director
- Melville Shavelson · Writer
- Bill McCutchen · Producer
- Archie R. Dalzell · Cinematographer
- Freddie Young · Cinematographer
- Lynn Stalmaster · Casting director