
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

Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney

Richard Long
Bruce Dabney

Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland

William Challee
Sergeant (uncredited)

William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)

Helen Mowery
(uncredited)

Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)

Julie London
Aven Dabney

Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor

Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

John James
(uncredited)

Van Heflin
Keith Alexander

Ruby Dandridge
Dabby

Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)

George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)

Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)

Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)

Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)

Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)

Griff Barnett
Dr. MacIntosh

Russell Simpson
Big Sam Dabney

Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney

Boris Karloff
Tishomingo

Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)

Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)