Scruffy is a 1938 British comedy family film directed by Randall Faye and starring Jack Melford, Billy Merson and Peter Gawthorne.
[1] A young boy runs away from his wealthy home, and thanks to his dog Scruffy, ends up living with a burglar.
Young orphan Michael is adopted by rich Mrs Pottinger as a playmate for Adam, her spoilt only child.
Scruffy is a most engaging mongrel; Michael Gainsborough a delightfully natural small boy, who does not attempt to act, and Jack Melford a pleasant hero.
The settings include some attractive pictures of the Thames, where the barge is moored; an amusing, if unorthodox, orphanage, and a palatial country house.