The Scamp

Tod is a boy growing up without a mother. He lives with his father. The man performs music on stage. But he is rarely at home. The boy does not go to school. He spends his days on the streets. His father treats him badly. One day Stephen Leigh notices him. Leigh is a teacher at a nearby school. He is suspicious about the money in the boy’s hand. Then he learns the situation. He and his wife take Tod in. The wife is a doctor and works to help him settle. But the boy’s past does not let go of him. Richard Attenborough and Dorothy Alison take the leads, with Colin Petersen also in the cast, in Wolf Rilla’s British film of 1957.