
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

Julie London
Aven Dabney

Richard Long
Bruce Dabney

Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)

Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)

Boris Karloff
Tishomingo

Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)

William Challee
Sergeant (uncredited)

Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)

Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor

Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland

William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)

Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)

Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney

Griff Barnett
Dr. MacIntosh

Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

Helen Mowery
(uncredited)

Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)

Van Heflin
Keith Alexander

Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney

Russell Simpson
Big Sam Dabney

Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)

Ruby Dandridge
Dabby

Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)

Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)

John James
(uncredited)

George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)

Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)