Tap Roots [Blu-ray]

Director: George Marshall George Marshall

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 (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.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/06/2021
UPC:	0191329161098
Original Release:	1948
Rating:	PG
Source:	Universal
Language:	English
Time:	1:49:00
Sales rank:	25,493

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Susan Hayward	Morna Dabney
Van Heflin	Keith Alexander
Boris Karloff	Tishomingo
Julie London	Aven Dabney
Whitfield Connor	Clay MacIvor
Ward Bond	Hoab Dabney
Richard Long	Bruce Dabney
Arthur Shields	Rev. Kirkland
Griff Barnett	Dr. MacIntosh
Sondra Rodgers	Shellie
Ruby Dandridge	Dabby
Russell Simpson	Sam Dabney
Jack Davis	Militia Captain
Gregg Barton	Captain
George Hamilton	Quint
Jonathan Hale	Gen. Johnston
Arthur Space	Caller
Kay Medford	Caller
William Haade	Mob Leader
Harry Cording	Leader
Bill Neff	Lieutenant
Keith Richards	Lieutenant
Dick Dickinson	Field Hand
Elmo Lincoln	Sergeant
George J. Lewis	Confederate (uncredited)
Helen Mowery	(uncredited)
William Challee	Sergeant (uncredited)
John James	(uncredited)
Hank Worden	Cropper (uncredited)

Technical Credits

Walter Wanger	Producer
George Marshall	Director