Tap Roots (1948)
3.6 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 49min
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- Synopsis:
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 (Ward Bond) and a Native American gentleman (Boris Karloff). The abolitionist's daughter (Susan Hayward) is courted by a powerful newspaper publisher (Van Heflin) when her fiance (Whitfield Connor), a confederate officer, elopes with the girl's sister (Julie London). 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. A pocket-edition 'Gone With the Wind', 'Tap Roots' is way too ambitious for its smallish budget. Modern viewers can have fun spotting such anachronisms as the Southern troops' use of dynamite - several years before it was invented. - Actors:
- Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Karloff, Julie London, Whitfield Connor, Ward Bond, Richard Long, Arthur Shields, Griff Barnett, Sondra Rodgers, Ruby Dandridge, Russell Simpson, Gregg Barton, John Beck, William Challee, Harry Cording, Jack Davis, Dick Dickinson, Charles Flynn, William Haade
- Directors:
- George Marshall
- Writers:
- James H. Street, Alan Le May
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Romance
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