August 25, 1948
109 minutes
DramaWarWestern
Tap Roots
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.
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Cast
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)
Sondra Rodgers
(Shellie Dabney)
Ruby Dandridge
(Dabby)
Russell Simpson
(Big Sam Dabney)
Gregg Barton
(Captain (uncredited))
John Beck
(Refugee (uncredited))
William Challee
(Sergeant (uncredited))
Harry Cording
(Leader (uncredited))
Jack Davis
(Militia Captain (uncredited))
Dick Dickinson
(Field Hand (uncredited))
William Haade
(Mob Leader (uncredited))
Jonathan Hale
(Gen. Johnston (uncredited))
George "Spike" Hamilton
(Quint (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))
Bill Neff
(Lieutenant (uncredited))
Robert A. O'Neil
(Cropper (uncredited))
Keith Richards
(Lieutenant (uncredited))
Jack Shutta
(Carpenter (uncredited))
Arthur Space
(Caller (uncredited))
Henry Vroom
(Artillery Gunner (uncredited))
Frank White
(Corporal (uncredited))
Joe Whitehead
(Printer (uncredited))
Hank Worden
(Cropper (uncredited))
Jack Worth
(Confederate (uncredited))
Charles Flynn
(Murphy (uncredited))
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