
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

Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)

John James
(uncredited)

Van Heflin
Keith Alexander

Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)

Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney

Richard Long
Bruce Dabney

Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)

Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor

Helen Mowery
(uncredited)

Boris Karloff
Tishomingo

Griff Barnett
Dr. MacIntosh

Russell Simpson
Big Sam Dabney

William Challee
Sergeant (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)

Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney

Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland

Ruby Dandridge
Dabby

Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)

Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)

Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)

Julie London
Aven Dabney

Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)

Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)

William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)

George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)