Tap Roots

Tap Roots

109 mins | Drama, War, Western | Aug. 25, 1948

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.

Tap Roots

109 mins | Drama, War, Western | Aug. 25, 1948

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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Walter Wanger Productions, Universal International Pictures
Original title Tap Roots
Directors George Marshall
Writers James H. Street, Alan Le May

Cast

Van Heflin

as Keith Alexander

Susan Hayward

as Morna Dabney

Boris Karloff

as Tishomingo

Julie London

as Aven Dabney

Whitfield Connor

as Clay MacIvor

Ward Bond

as Hoab Dabney

Richard Long

as Bruce Dabney

Arthur Shields

as Reverend Kirkland

Griff Barnett

as Dr. MacIntosh

Sondra Rodgers

as Shellie Dabney

Ruby Dandridge

as Dabby

Russell Simpson

as Big Sam Dabney

Gregg Barton

as Captain (uncredited)

John Beck

as Refugee (uncredited)

William Challee

as Sergeant (uncredited)

Harry Cording

as Leader (uncredited)

Jack Davis

as Militia Captain (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson

as Field Hand (uncredited)

Charles Flynn

as Murphy (uncredited)

William Haade

as Mob Leader (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale

as Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

George Hamilton

as Quint (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

as Orderly (uncredited)

John James

as (uncredited)

George J. Lewis

as Confederate (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln

as Sergeant (uncredited)

Kay Medford

as Caller (uncredited)

Monte Montague

as Piroqueman (uncredited)

Helen Mowery

as (uncredited)

Bill Neff

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

Robert A. O'Neil

as Cropper (uncredited)

Keith Richards

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

Jack Shutta

as Carpenter (uncredited)

Arthur Space

as Caller (uncredited)

Henry Vroom

as Artillery Gunner (uncredited)

Frank White

as Corporal (uncredited)

Joe Whitehead

as Printer (uncredited)

Hank Worden

as Cropper (uncredited)

Jack Worth

as Confederate (uncredited)