Tap Roots

Tap Roots

Infobox Film
name = Tap Roots


caption = Original lobby card
director = George Marshall
producer = Walter Wanger
writer = Alan Le May
Lionel Wiggam
James H. Street (novel)
starring = Van Heflin
Susan Hayward
Boris Karloff
Julie London,
music = Frank Skinner
cinematography = Winton C. Hoch
Lionel Lindon
editing = Milton Carruth
distributor = Universal International Pictures
released = flagicon|USA 25 August 1948
runtime = 109 min
country = USA
awards =
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0040861

"Tap Roots" is a 1948 period film set during the American Civil War, made by Walter Wanger Productions and Universal International 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.

A radio version of "Tap Roots" , with Van Heflin, Susan Hayward and Richard Long reprising their film roles, was broadcast by the Lux Radio Theatre on 27 September 1948.

Cast

* Van Heflin - Keith Alexander
* Susan Hayward - Morna Dabney
* Boris Karloff - Tishomingo
* Julie London - Aven Dabney
* Whitfield Connor - Clay McIvor
* Ward Bond - Hoab Dabney
* Richard Long - Bruce Dabney
* Arthur Shields - Reverend Kirkland
* Griff Barnett - Dr. McIntosh
* Sondra Rodgers - Shellie Dabney
* Ruby Dandridge - Dabby
* Russell Simpson - Big Sam Dabney

ee also

* Boris Karloff filmography

External links

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