Genres
Production Companies
Universal International Pictures
Tap Roots
When she lost her lover...her sister gained one!
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.
Key Crew
Director: George Marshall
Producer: Walter Wanger
Director of Photography: Winton C. Hoch, Lionel Lindon
Screenplay: Alan Le May
Top Cast
Van Heflin
Keith Alexander
Susan Hayward
Morna Dabney
Boris Karloff
Tishomingo
Julie London
Aven Dabney
Whitfield Connor
Clay MacIvor
Ward Bond
Hoab Dabney
Richard Long
Bruce Dabney
Arthur Shields
Reverend Kirkland
Videos
Tap Roots on TNT advert bumper (1990)
