
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

William Challee
Sergeant (uncredited)

Van Heflin
Keith Alexander

Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney

William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)

Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)

Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)

Richard Long
Bruce Dabney

Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)

Boris Karloff
Tishomingo

John James
(uncredited)

Ruby Dandridge
Dabby

Helen Mowery
(uncredited)

Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)

Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)

Griff Barnett
Dr. MacIntosh

George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)

Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor

Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland

Russell Simpson
Big Sam Dabney

Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)

Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)

Julie London
Aven Dabney

Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)

Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney