Tap Roots (1948)
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.
- Date of release
- 1948-08-25
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Drama, War, Western
- Director
- George Marshall
Casting
- Van Heflin — Keith Alexander
- Susan Hayward — Morna Dabney
- Boris Karloff — Tishomingo
- Julie London — Aven Dabney
- Whitfield Connor — Clay MacIvor
- Ward Bond — Hoab Dabney
- Richard Long — Bruce Dabney
- Arthur Shields — Reverend Kirkland
- Griff Barnett — Dr. MacIntosh
- Sondra Rodgers — Shellie Dabney
- Ruby Dandridge — Dabby
- Russell Simpson — Big Sam Dabney
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: North Carolina
Tap Roots is a 1948 Technicolor Western war film set during the American Civil War. It is very loosely based on the true life story of Newton Knight, a farm owner who attempted to secede Jones County from Mississippi.
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