
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

Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)

William Challee
Sergeant (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)

Helen Mowery
(uncredited)

Van Heflin
Keith Alexander

Julie London
Aven Dabney

Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney

Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)

Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)

Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)

Richard Long
Bruce Dabney

Russell Simpson
Big Sam Dabney

Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)

Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)

Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)

William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)

Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney

Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland

Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)

Boris Karloff
Tishomingo

Griff Barnett
Dr. MacIntosh

John James
(uncredited)

Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)

Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor

Ruby Dandridge
Dabby