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.
Van Heflin
as Keith Alexander
Susan Hayward
as Morna Dabney
Boris Karloff
as Tishomingo
Julie London
as Aven Dabney
Whitfield Connor
as Clay MacIvor
Ward Bond
as Hoab Dabney
Richard Long
as Bruce Dabney
Arthur Shields
as Reverend Kirkland
Griff Barnett
as Dr. MacIntosh
Sondra Rodgers
as Shellie Dabney
Ruby Dandridge
as Dabby
Russell Simpson
as Big Sam Dabney
