
Tap Roots
When she lost her lover...her sister gained one!
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
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Cast

Richard Long
Bruce Dabney

Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland

Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney

Helen Mowery
(uncredited)

Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)

Van Heflin
Keith Alexander

Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)

Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor

Griff Barnett
Dr. MacIntosh

Russell Simpson
Big Sam Dabney

Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney

Julie London
Aven Dabney

Ruby Dandridge
Dabby

Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)

Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)

William Challee
Sergeant (uncredited)

Boris Karloff
Tishomingo

George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)

Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)

Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)

John James
(uncredited)

Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)

Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)

William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)