Tap Roots

"When she lost her lover...her sister gained one!"

Nov 29 1948 TV-PG 1h 49m
Drama, Romance, War

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.

Plot

Morna Dabney is engaged to soldier Clay MacIvor in the days before the War Between the States. Morna's grandfather Big Sam Dabney founded their Mississippi plantation near Levington, which thrives in the Deep South, but he remains loyal to the Union, as does his son Hoab, Morna's father. As Mississippi secedes, Hoab plans to withdraw the area around his plantation and remain neutral, and he gains support from local newspaperman Keith Alexander. Keith falls in love with Morna, whose fiancé Clay has joined the Confederate Army. Clay plans to punish the would-be neutral citizens of Levington by raiding the area, but Morna, with the help of her grandfather's Choctaw friend Tishomingo, attempts to thwart the attack. Morna sacrifices greatly to protect her home and the man she really loves.

Written by

James Street, Alan Le May, Lionel Wiggam

Directed by

George Marshall

Cast

Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Karloff

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures, Walter Wanger Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Tap Roots on TNT advert bumper (1990)
Scores
# of Votes
463
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA