Ike

Miniseries

TV seriesminiseriesQ16943645

Also known as Ike: The War Years

Started: May 3, 1979
Ended: May 6, 1979
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English

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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.

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Director: Boris Sagal
Melville Shavelson

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