Tap Roots (1948) DVD-R

Starring Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Karloff, Julie London, Whitfield Connor, Ward
Bond
Directed by George Marshall

Print: color
Runtime: 109 min.
Genre: drama
Print quality: B


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.