Tap Roots
1948/08/25 • Released • English
When she lost her lover...her sister gained one!
Overview
Set at the beginning of the Civil War, Tap Roots is all about a county in Mississippi which chooses to secede from the state rather than enter the conflict. The county is protected from the Confederacy by an abolitionist and a Native American gentleman. The abolitionist's daughter is courted by a powerful newspaper publisher when her fiance, a confederate officer, elopes with the girl's sister. The daughter at first resists the publisher's attentions, but turns to him for aid when her ex-fiance plans to capture the seceding county on behalf of the South.
Director : George Marshall
Casts
Van Heflin
Keith Alexander
Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney
Boris Karloff
Tishomingo
Julie London
Aven Dabney
Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor
Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney
Richard Long
Bruce Dabney
Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland
Griff Barnett
Dr. MacIntosh
Ruby Dandridge
Dabby
Russell Simpson
Big Sam Dabney
Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)
William Challee
Sergeant (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)
Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)
William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)
John James
(uncredited)
George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)
Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)
Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)
Helen Mowery
(uncredited)
Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)
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