---
title: 'Tap Roots (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George Marshall'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tap-roots-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040861/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tap Roots (1948)

1948 · 109 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [George Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-marshall)
- **Screenplay:** [Alan Le May](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-le-may)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Frank Skinner](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-skinner)
- **Producer:** [Walter Wanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-wanger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Winton Hoch](https://cinepixo.com/people/winton-hoch)

## Cast

- [Boris Karloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-karloff)
- [Russell Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-simpson)
- [Ruby Dandridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruby-dandridge)
- [Arthur Shields](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-shields)
- [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond)
- [Van Heflin](https://cinepixo.com/people/van-heflin)
- [William Haade](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-haade)
- [Arthur Space](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-space)
- [Richard Long](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-long)
- [Griff Barnett](https://cinepixo.com/people/griff-barnett)
- [Susan Hayward](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-hayward)
- [Julie London](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-london)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/tap-roots-1948
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