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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.

Top Cast

  • Van Heflin

    Van Heflin

    Keith Alexander

  • Susan Hayward

    Susan Hayward

    Morna Dabney

  • Boris Karloff

    Boris Karloff

    Tishomingo

  • Julie London

    Julie London

    Aven Dabney

  • Whitfield Connor

    Whitfield Connor

    Clay MacIvor

  • Ward Bond

    Ward Bond

    Hoab Dabney

  • Richard Long

    Richard Long

    Bruce Dabney

  • Arthur Shields

    Arthur Shields

    Reverend Kirkland

  • Griff Barnett

    Griff Barnett

    Dr. MacIntosh

Overview

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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6.9 / 10
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