
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

Griff Barnett
Dr. MacIntosh

Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)

Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)

Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)

Boris Karloff
Tishomingo

William Challee
Sergeant (uncredited)

Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)

John James
(uncredited)

Helen Mowery
(uncredited)

Van Heflin
Keith Alexander

William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)

Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)

Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney

Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)

Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney

Julie London
Aven Dabney

Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor

Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)

Richard Long
Bruce Dabney

Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland

Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)

Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)

Ruby Dandridge
Dabby

Russell Simpson
Big Sam Dabney

Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)