
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

Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)

George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)

Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)

Boris Karloff
Tishomingo

Griff Barnett
Dr. MacIntosh

Russell Simpson
Big Sam Dabney

William Challee
Sergeant (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

Julie London
Aven Dabney

Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland

Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)

Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)

Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)

Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)

Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor

Richard Long
Bruce Dabney

Helen Mowery
(uncredited)

Van Heflin
Keith Alexander

Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney

Ruby Dandridge
Dabby

Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)

Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)

John James
(uncredited)

Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)

Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney

William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)