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Tap Roots

1948-1h 49min
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6.4 / 10 9

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.

Directed by George Marshall

Writers James H. Street Alan Le May

Stars Van Heflin Susan Hayward Boris Karloff

Videos

Thumbnail of the video: Tap Roots on TNT advert bumper (1990)

Tap Roots on TNT advert bumper (1990)

Cast

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Van Heflin

Keith Alexander
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Susan Hayward

Morna Dabney
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Boris Karloff

Tishomingo
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Julie London

Aven Dabney
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Whitfield Connor

Clay MacIvor
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Ward Bond

Hoab Dabney
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Richard Long

Bruce Dabney
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Arthur Shields

Reverend Kirkland
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Griff Barnett

Dr. MacIntosh
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Sondra Rodgers

Shellie Dabney
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Ruby Dandridge

Dabby
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Russell Simpson

Big Sam Dabney

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