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Alan Le May (writer)
James H. Street (novel)
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Release Date:
25 August 1948 (USA) more
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When she lost her lover...her sister gained one!
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Morna Dabney is engaged to soldier Clay MacIvor in the days before the War Between the States. Morna's... more | add synopsis
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The poor man's GWTW...but Morna Dabney is no Scarlett O'Hara... more (5 total)
Cast
(Complete credited 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 |
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109 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park - 107 Park Headquarters Road, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA more
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Lux Radio Theatre version aired 27 September 1948, starring Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, and Richard Long in their original roles. more
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Errors in geography: Mountains shown in the background of a few scenes. There are no mountains of that size anywhere in Mississippi. more
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Nine years after losing the role of Scarlett in GWTW, Susan Hayward got her chance to play a Southern belle in 'Tap Roots'. While her emoting is more than sufficient, the weak script cannot live up to the expensive trappings and handsome production values of this minor technicolor epic from Universal.
Van Heflin, a fine actor, is a dashing newspaper publisher involved with the saucy heroine, as are her brother (Richard Long), an Indian who practices primitive cures (Boris Karloff), and her sister (Julie London). Against a Civil War background in Mississippi, the cliches are all there--and for good measure there's even a fire that destroys a plantation. If you're expecting another GWTW, forget it. It's simply an enjoyable Civil War romance photographed in lush technicolor and designed to showcase Susan Hayward's ability to play a vixenish Southern belle. For added interest, Ward Bond is featured in a strong supporting role--just as he was in GWTW.
Summing up: average entertainment but nothing spectacular.