Tap Roots
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Original lobby card
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| Directed by | George Marshall |
| Produced by | Walter Wanger |
| Written by | Alan Le May Lionel Wiggam James H. Street (novel) |
| Starring |
Van Heflin Susan Hayward Boris Karloff Julie London |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography |
Winton C. Hoch Lionel Lindon |
| Edited by | Milton Carruth |
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Production
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Walter Wanger Productions
George Marshall Productions |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Release date
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Running time
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109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,118,688 |
| Box office | $3,293,658 |
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 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 September 27, 1948.
Variety said the film earned $2.5 million in rentals in the US.
The film recorded a loss of $380,385.
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