Tap Roots (1948)
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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 (Ward Bond) and a Native American gentleman (Boris Karloff). The… More 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 (Ward Bond) and a Native American gentleman (Boris Karloff). The abolitionist's daughter (Susan Hayward) is courted by a powerful newspaper publisher (Van Heflin) when her fiance (Whitfield Connor), a confederate officer, elopes with the girl's sister (Julie London). 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. A pocket-edition Gone With the Wind, Tap Roots is way too ambitious for its smallish budget. Modern viewers can have fun spotting such anachronisms as the Southern troops' use of dynamite--several years before it was invented. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Marshall
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 25, 1948 Wide
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Cast
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Van Heflin
as Keith Alexander
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Susan Hayward
as Morna Dabney
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Boris Karloff
as Tishomingo
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Julie London
as Aven Dabney
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Whitfield Connor
as Clay MacIvor
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Ward Bond
as Hoab Dabney
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Richard Long
as Bruce Dabney
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Arthur Shields
as Rev. Kirkland
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Griff Barnett
as Dr. MacIntosh
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Ruby Dandridge
as Dabby
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Russell Simpson
as Sam Dabney
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Gregg Barton
as Captain
- William Challee
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Harry Cording
as Leader
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Dick Dickinson
as Field Hand
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Jonathan Hale
as Gen. Johnston
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George Hamilton
as Quint
- John James
- George J. Lewis
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Elmo Lincoln
as Sergeant
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Kay Medford
as Caller
- Bill Neff
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Sondra Rodgers
as Shellie
- Arthur Space
- Hank Worden
- Helen Mowery
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Keith Richards (II)
as Lieutenant
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Jack Davis
as Militia Captain
- Keith Richards (I)
