Tap Roots (1948)
When she lost her lover...her sister gained one!
109 min
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.
- Release date
- August 25, 1948
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Van Heflin as Keith Alexander
- Susan Hayward as Morna Dabney
- Boris Karloff as Tishomingo
- Julie London as Aven Dabney
- Whitfield Connor as Clay MacIvor
- Ward Bond as Hoab Dabney
- Richard Long as Bruce Dabney
- Arthur Shields as Rev. Kirkland
- Griff Barnett as Dr. MacIntosh
- Sondra Rodgers as Shellie Dabney
Crew
- George Marshall · Director
- James Street · Writer
- Alan Le May · Writer
- Lionel Wiggam · Writer
- Walter Wanger · Producer
- Frank Skinner · Composer
- Winton C. Hoch · Cinematographer
- Lionel Lindon · Cinematographer
- Milton Carruth · Editor
- Alexander Golitzen · Production designer