Tap Roots
Tap Roots
Release: 1948-08-25
·Runtime: 109m
·★ 6.7
Drama
War
Western
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Walter Wanger Productions
Universal International Pictures
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Cast
Van Heflin
as Keith Alexander
Julie London
as Aven Dabney
Arthur Shields
as Reverend Kirkland
William Haade
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
Ward Bond
as Hoab Dabney
Griff Barnett
as Dr. MacIntosh
Jonathan Hale
as Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
George J. Lewis
as Confederate (uncredited)
Monte Montague
as Piroqueman (uncredited)
Helen Mowery
as (uncredited)
Arthur Space
as Caller (uncredited)
Russell Simpson
as Big Sam Dabney
Harry Cording
as Leader (uncredited)
John James
as (uncredited)
Boris Karloff
as Tishomingo
Whitfield Connor
as Clay MacIvor
Elmo Lincoln
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Richard Long
as Bruce Dabney
Dick Dickinson
as Field Hand (uncredited)
Hank Worden
as Cropper (uncredited)
Susan Hayward
as Morna Dabney
Ruby Dandridge
as Dabby
Gregg Barton
as Captain (uncredited)
William Challee
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
as Orderly (uncredited)
Kay Medford
as Caller (uncredited)
Keith Richards
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
