8. Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004) (TV movie) IMDB – 7.2
Cast
Starring: Tom Selleck, Timothy Bottoms, Gerald McRaney, James Remar, George Shevtsov, Ian Mune, Bruce Phillips
Film Synopsis
Tom Selleck stars as General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the television film Ike: Countdown to D-Day. The film follows the General in the three months leading up to the decisive invasion that would turn the tide of World War II toward the Allied powers. The film opens with Winston Churchill (Ian Mune) appointing Eisenhower as the Supreme Allied Commander. Ike faces conflicts with British General Montgomery (Bruce Phillips), American General George Patton (Gerald McRaney), and French leader Charles de Gaulle (George Shevtsov). Eisenhower must balance these men’s egos as he organizes the risky but necessary military maneuver.
