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Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2005)

Genre : Drama, War, History, TV Movie

Runtime : 1H 29M

Director : Robert Harmon

Synopsis

The story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy.

Actors

Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
James Remar
James Remar
General Omar Bradley
Timothy Bottoms
Timothy Bottoms
Walter Bedell 'Beetle' Smith
Gerald McRaney
Gerald McRaney
Lieutenant General George S. Patton
Ian Mune
Ian Mune
Winston Churchill
Bruce Phillips
Bruce Phillips
General Bernard Montgomery
John Bach
John Bach
Air Marshal Leigh-Mallory
Nick Blake
Nick Blake
Air Chef Marshall Tedder
Kevin J. Wilson
Kevin J. Wilson
RAdm. Bert Ramsay
Christopher James Baker
Christopher James Baker
Group Capt. Maj. James Stagg
George Sertsov
George Sertsov
Général Charles de Gaulle
David Mackie
David Mackie
Projector Sergeant
Carole Seay
Carole Seay
Queen Elizabeth
Mick Rose
Mick Rose
King George

Crews

Robert Harmon
Robert Harmon
Director
Jeff Beal
Jeff Beal
Music
Lionel Chetwynd
Lionel Chetwynd
Writer

Posters and backgrounds

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