 
                                                                109 minutos
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
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
 
                                                        Gregg Barton
Captain (uncredited)
 
                                                        John Beck
Refugee (uncredited)
 
                                                        William Challee
Sergeant (uncredited)
 
                                                        Harry Cording
Leader (uncredited)
 
                                                        Jack Davis
Militia Captain (uncredited)
 
                                                        Dick Dickinson
Field Hand (uncredited)
 
                                                        William Haade
Mob Leader (uncredited)
 
                                                        Jonathan Hale
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
 
                                                        George "Spike" Hamilton
Quint (uncredited)
 
                                                        Shep Houghton
Orderly (uncredited)
 
                                                        John James
(uncredited)
 
                                                        George J. Lewis
Confederate (uncredited)
 
                                                        Elmo Lincoln
Sergeant (uncredited)
 
                                                        Kay Medford
Caller (uncredited)
 
                                                        Monte Montague
Piroqueman (uncredited)
 
                                                        Helen Mowery
(uncredited)
 
                                                        Bill Neff
Lieutenant (uncredited)
 
                                                        Robert A. O'Neil
Cropper (uncredited)
 
                                                        Keith Richards
Lieutenant (uncredited)
 
                                                        Jack Shutta
Carpenter (uncredited)
 
                                                        Arthur Space
Caller (uncredited)
 
                                                        Henry Vroom
Artillery Gunner (uncredited)
 
                                                        Frank White
Corporal (uncredited)
 
                                                        Joe Whitehead
Printer (uncredited)
 
                                                        Hank Worden
Cropper (uncredited)
 
                                                        Jack Worth
Confederate (uncredited)
 
                                                        Charles Flynn
Murphy (uncredited)