Ike: Countdown to D-Day

Movie Summary

• Released: May 31, 2004 (USA)
• Depicts the tense 90 days leading up to the D-Day invasion and how Dwight Eisenhower, against all odds, brilliantly orchestrated the most important military maneuver in modern history.
• This is 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. The film recounts many of the trials and tribulation Ike had to face, not the least of which were the many prima donnas surrounding him (Patton, Montgomery and especially de Gaulle) and the need for tact and diplomacy to bring all sides together for what would be the largest amphibious assault ever attempted.

Alum Actors

• Bruce Hopkins plays U.S. Colonel at Savoy
• Carol Seay plays Queen Elizabeth
• Clint Sharplin plays 101st Paratrooper
• David Mackie plays Projector Sergeant
• John Bach plays Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory

Non-YH Alum Crossactors

• Andrew Robertt plays 101st Lieutenant
• Bruce Phillips plays Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery
• Craig Hall plays 101st Corporal

Links

• Ike: Countdown to D-Day on IMDB
• Ike: Countdown to D-Day on The Movie Database
• Ike: Countdown to D-Day on Film Affinity
• Ike: Countdown to D-Day on Rotten Tomatoes

Additional Pictures (YH Alum Actors)

Bruce Hopkins as U.S. Colonel at Savoy.

Carol Seay as Queen Elizabeth.

Clint Sharplin as 101st Paratrooper.

David Mackie as Projector Sergeant.

John Bach as Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory.

Additional Pictures (Non-YH Alum Actors)

Andrew Robertt as 101st Lieutenant.

Bruce Phillips as Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery.

Craig Hall as 101st Corporal.