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Tap Roots (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
109 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1948 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
George Marshall

Written By:
James H. Street
Alan Le May

Actors:
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
Griff Barnett ..... Dr. MacIntosh
Sondra Rodgers ..... Shellie Dabney
Ruby Dandridge ..... Dabby
Russell Simpson ..... Big Sam Dabney

Synopsis:

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 (Ward Bond) and a Native American gentleman (Boris Karloff). The abolitionist's daughter (Susan Hayward) is courted by a powerful newspaper publisher (Van Heflin) when her fiance (Whitfield Connor), a confederate officer, elopes with the girl's sister (Julie London). 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. A pocket-edition Gone With the Wind, Tap Roots is way too ambitious for its smallish budget. Modern viewers can have fun spotting such anachronisms as the Southern troops' use of dynamite--several years before it was invented.

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.

Tap Roots is a 1948 period film set during the American Civil War. It is very loosely based on the true life story of Newton Knight, a farm owner who attempted to secede Jones County from Mississippi.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 03 March, 2014.

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