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Tap Roots(Movie, 1948)

NR
| 1h 49min | Genres: Drama, War, Western
Tap RootsRating: 3.1/5 (with 33 votes)
Tap Roots is a 1948 Technicolor Western war 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. Made by Walter Wanger Productions and Universal Pictures, it was directed by George Marshall and produced by Walter Wanger from a screenplay by Alan Le May, based on the 1942 novel Tap Roots by James H. Street, with additional dialogue by Lionel Wiggam. The original music was by Frank Skinner and the cinematography by Winton C. Hoch and Lionel Lindon. The film stars Van Heflin and Susan Hayward with Boris Karloff, Julie London, Whitfield Connor, Ward Bond and Richard Long. Karloff plays a Cho... ()
Movie poster of Tap Roots

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About Tap Roots

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 on TNT advert bumper (1990)(Trailer, 0:31)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 08/25/1948
Director: George Marshall
Producer: Walter Wanger
Screenwriter: Alan Le May
Director of Photography: Winton Hoch
Composer: Frank Skinner
Production Designer: Alexander Golitzen
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Das Tal der Leidenschaften"
"Raíces de pasión"
"Le sang de la terre"

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