
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)

Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

Helen Mowery
(uncredited)

Julie London
Aven Dabney

Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)

Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)

Van Heflin
Keith Alexander

Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor

Richard Long
Bruce Dabney

Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)

William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)

John James
(uncredited)

Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)

Boris Karloff
Tishomingo

Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland

Ruby Dandridge
Dabby

Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)

Russell Simpson
Big Sam Dabney

Griff Barnett
Dr. MacIntosh

Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)

George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)

Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney

Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney

Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)

Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)