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.
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Van HeflinKeith Alexander
Susan HaywardMorna Dabney
Boris KarloffTishomingo
Julie LondonAven Dabney
Whitfield ConnorClay MacIvor
Ward BondHoab Dabney
Richard LongBruce Dabney
Arthur ShieldsReverend Kirkland
Griff BarnettDr. MacIntoshSondra RodgersShellie Dabney
Ruby DandridgeDabby
Russell SimpsonBig Sam DabneyKeywords
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What is Tap Roots about?
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.
How long is Tap Roots?
Tap Roots has a runtime of 109 minutes.