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Ike: The War Years (1979)

Biography · Drama · History

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.

IMDb rating
7.0 (377 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
Mini-series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1979)

8.10 avg 3 episodes 7.9 → 8.4 120 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 19 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 14 votesEp 3: 8.4 · 12 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Part I7.919
2Part II8.014
3Part III8.412