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Tap Roots

1948 · 1h 49m · Drama, War, Western · United States of America

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.

Directed by
George Marshall
Written by
Alan Le May
Based on the novel by
James H. Street
Starring
Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Karloff, Julie London
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