- published: 21 Jan 2016
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Phil Gardner (born 29 July 1973) is a British writer, playwright and journalist. He lives in Brighton, East Sussex, where he writes regularly for The Argus website and The Kemptown Rag.
Phil Gardner was born in Hastings, East Sussex, and grew up in Basildon, Essex. He attended Kingswood Junior School, being appointed Head Boy in his final year, before passing the Eleven Plus and winning a place at Southend High School for Boys. Two years later he transferred to Woodlands School, where he won the Headmaster's Award for English and founded the Woodlands School VIth Form Magazine, on which he acted as head writer.
In 1992 Gardner was invited to write for the BBC's animated children's television show The Poddington Peas. He was involved in the development of two new sets of characters, The Bugz and The Freshwater Friends, which were intended to be introduced to an American audience under the title The Wonderful World of Poddington. The project, which was to be produced in conjunction with HIT Entertainment, was ultimately abandoned and no episodes featuring the new characters were ever made.
Actors: Mike Lally (actor), Henry Armetta (actor), Bud Jamison (actor), Jack Kenny (actor), Herman Bing (actor), Don Brodie (actor), William Irving (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), Hooper Atchley (actor), Arthur Hohl (actor), Douglass Dumbrille (actor), Budd Fine (actor), Clarence Geldart (actor), George Guhl (actor), W.E. Lawrence (actor),
Plot: A young attorney, Larry Condon, is on a retainer by a nightclub-owning gangster, to carry and deliver what he thinks are legal papers but he is innocently carrying around millions of dollars in stolen bonds. He meets Helen Griffith when she is arrested in a raid on a gambling house and befriends her. She talks him into taking her to the nightclub of the man he is working for and, while there and unobserved by anyone by Larry, he sees her going through the files and desk of the owner. Who is this mystery woman he just got released from jail, and what is she up to?
Keywords: 1930s, arrest, attorney, aunt-nephew-relationship, b-movie, bailiff, bartender, cashier, casino, cigarette-smoking