
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

Helen Mowery
(uncredited)

Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)

Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney

William Challee
Sergeant (uncredited)

Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)

Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)

Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)

Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)

Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)

Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney

Russell Simpson
Big Sam Dabney

Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

John James
(uncredited)

Van Heflin
Keith Alexander

Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor

William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)

Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)

Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland

Ruby Dandridge
Dabby

Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)

George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)

Boris Karloff
Tishomingo

Julie London
Aven Dabney

Griff Barnett
Dr. MacIntosh

Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)