Tap Roots (1948)
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33% of users liked it
(214 ratings)
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… 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
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 49 min.
- Directed By
- George Marshall
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance
- In Theaters
- Aug 25, 1948 Wide
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Cast
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Van Heflinas Keith Alexander -
Susan Haywardas Morna Dabney -
Boris Karloffas Tishomingo
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Julie Londonas Aven Dabney -
Whitfield Connoras Clay MacIvor -
Ward Bondas Hoab Dabney
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