
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

Boris Karloff
Tishomingo

Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)

Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney

Richard Long
Bruce Dabney

Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)

Julie London
Aven Dabney

Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor

Helen Mowery
(uncredited)

Van Heflin
Keith Alexander

Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)

Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland

Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)

Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)

Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)

Ruby Dandridge
Dabby

Russell Simpson
Big Sam Dabney

Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)

Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)

Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney

Griff Barnett
Dr. MacIntosh

William Challee
Sergeant (uncredited)

William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)

John James
(uncredited)

Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)