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Ike is a 1979 television miniseries about the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower, with heavy concentration on the time he went to Europe during World War II to serve as Supreme Commander. The screenplay by Melville Shavelson was based on Kay Summersby's 1948 memoir Eisenhower Was My Boss and her 1975 autobiography, Past Forgetting: My Love Affair. Directed by Boris Sagal and Melville Shavelson, the production starred Robert Duvall as Eisenhower and Lee Remick as Kay Summersby. Film editors John Woodcock and Bill Lenny won an Eddie Award for their work and the series garnered five Emmy Award nominations.
Original Release
05/03/1979
US Release
05/03/1979
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| 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 |
Directors
Boris Sagal, Melville Shavelson
Writers
Kay Summersby, Melville Shavelson
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| 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 |
| Vincent Marzello | Mickey McKeogh |
| Major Wiley | Sgt. Mooney |
| Lowell Thomas | Self - Narrator |
| Bonnie Bartlett | Mamie Eisenhower |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | Gen. Charles DeGaulle |
| Richard Herd | Gen. Omar Bradley |
| David de Keyser | Field Marshall Sir Alan Brooke |
| Francis Matthews | Noel Coward |
| Patricia Michael | Gertrude Lawrence |
| Clifton Jones | Sgt. Hunt |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Louis Rudolph | Executive Producer |
| Melville Shavelson | Executive Producer |
| Bill McCutchen | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1979 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing | Nominated |
| 1979 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling | Nominated |
| 1979 | Emmy | Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
| 1979 | Emmy | Outstanding Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
| 1979 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing | Nominated |
