
Tap Roots
When she lost her lover...her sister gained one!
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.
Director George Marshall
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Cast

Boris Karloff
Tishomingo

John James
(uncredited)

Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)

Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)

Helen Mowery
(uncredited)

Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney

Julie London
Aven Dabney

Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor

Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland

Griff Barnett
Dr. MacIntosh

Ruby Dandridge
Dabby

Van Heflin
Keith Alexander

Russell Simpson
Big Sam Dabney

Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)

Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)

Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)

Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney

William Challee
Sergeant (uncredited)

George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)

Richard Long
Bruce Dabney

William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)

Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)

Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)

Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)