[go: up one dir, main page]
More Web Proxy on the site http://driver.im/Jump to content

Ike (miniseries)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ike
GenreHistorical Drama
Written byMelville Shavelson
Directed byBoris Sagal and Melville Shavelson
Starring
ComposerFred Karlin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes3
Production
ProducerBill McCutchen
EditorsPaul Dixon
Bill Lenny
Kent Schafer
John Woodcock
Running time291 minutes
Original release
ReleaseMay 3, 1979 (1979-05-03)

Ike, also known as Ike: The War Years, is a 1979 television miniseries about the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower, mostly focusing on his time as Supreme Commander in Europe during World War II. The screenplay, written 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.

Cast

[edit]
[edit]


Stub icon

This article about a film on World War II is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ike_(miniseries)&oldid=1228291917"