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.
Robert Duvall
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lee Remick
as Kay Summersby
Dana Andrews
as Gen. George C. Marshall
J.D. Cannon
as Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Paul Gleason
as Gen. Ernest "Tex" Lee
Laurence Luckinbill
as Maj. Richard Arnold
Darren McGavin
as Gen. George S. Patton
Wensley Pithey
as Winston Churchill
Ian Richardson
as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Stephen Roberts
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William Schallert
as Gen. Mark Clark
Wolfgang Preiss
as FM Alfred Jodl