

The war was worldwide, but his heart was somewhere else entirely.
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.
Acting
Duvall's Eisenhower: gruff, vulnerable, and weirdly sexy?
Production
1979 network TV somehow made war rooms look cozy.
Costume
Lee Remick's wartime wardrobe deserves its own spin-off.

Director
Boris Sagal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Duvall spent weeks studying Eisenhower's speech patterns, then mostly abandoned them for his own gravelly instincts.
The real Kay Summersby's memoirs were published posthumously and far more explicit; ABC executives reportedly demanded 'tasteful restraint.'