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Tap Roots

When she lost her lover...her sister gained one!

  • Movie
  • 1948
  • NR
  • 1h 49m

Directed by George Marshall

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Van Heflin

    Van HeflinKeith Alexander

  • Susan Hayward

    Susan HaywardMorna Dabney

  • Boris Karloff

    Boris KarloffTishomingo

  • Julie London

    Julie LondonAven Dabney

  • Whitfield Connor

    Whitfield ConnorClay MacIvor

  • Ward Bond

    Ward BondHoab Dabney

  • Richard Long

    Richard LongBruce Dabney

  • Arthur Shields

    Arthur ShieldsReverend Kirkland

  • Griff Barnett

    Griff BarnettDr. MacIntosh

  • Sondra RodgersShellie Dabney

  • Ruby Dandridge

    Ruby DandridgeDabby

  • Russell Simpson

    Russell SimpsonBig Sam Dabney

  • Gregg Barton

    Gregg BartonCaptain (uncredited)

  • John BeckRefugee (uncredited)

  • William Challee

    William ChalleeSergeant (uncredited)

  • Harry Cording

    Harry CordingLeader (uncredited)

  • Jack DavisMilitia Captain (uncredited)

  • Dick Dickinson

    Dick DickinsonField Hand (uncredited)

Director
George Marshall
Writer
James H. Street and Alan Le May
Music
Frank Skinner
Cinematography
Winton C. Hoch and Lionel Lindon