"When she lost her lover...her sister gained one!"25 August 1948Drama, Western, War109 mins
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.
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Tap Roots (1948)
Van Heflin ... Keith Alexander Susan Hayward ... Morna Dabney Boris Karloff ... Tishomingo Julie London ... Aven Dabney Whitfield Connor ... Clay MacIvor Ward ...
Tap Roots 1948 - Van Heflin - Susan Hayward - Boris Karloff - Ward Bond - George Marshall
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Tap Roots 1948 Van Heflin Susan Hayward Boris Karloff Ward Bond George Marshall
When the Daltons are killed at Coffeeville gang member Bill Doolin arriving late escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder he becomes the leader of the.
Aesthetics: Susan Hayward Vol. 2 - Tap Roots (1948)
Music: segment of Sarasate's Caprice Basque Op. 24.
Susan Hayward Recumbent in Tap Roots (1948) & Woman Obsessed (1959)
Music: from Toccata Adagio and Fugue (Bach-Busoni
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