SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[xenazfire]

#!/usr/local/bin/python
until phew.py; do
        echo "'phew.py' crashed with exit code $?. Restarting..." >&2
        sleep 1
done

 File "./phew.sh", line 2
    until phew.py; do
             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Hi, I need help in fixing this error. Please help. Should I place the python files in the same directory as this bash file? Currently I place this bash file in my root folder and the python files in

/usr/local/bin/

I've done

which python

and outputs

/usr/local/bin/python

[MadCow108]

shell is not python
run your shell script from a shell, e.g. bash

#/bin/bash
...

for the until line to work phew.py must be in a directory in the PATH variable

[xenazfire]

shell is not python
run your shell script from a shell, e.g. bash

#/bin/bash
...

for the until line to work phew.py must be in a directory in the PATH variable

EDIT:
Refer to post #4

[xenazfire]

UPDATE:
Copied the python files to

/usr/local/bin/

run

nohup ./phew.sh &

and it outputs

from: can't read /var/mail/random
from: can't read /var/mail/time
from: can't read /var/mail/settings
from: can't read /var/mail/rest
/usr/local/bin/phew.py: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/usr/local/bin/phew.py: line 8: `def autoScan():'
'phew.py' crashed with exit code 2. Restarting...

[xenazfire]

Solved!
Placed on the first line on each *.py files:

#!/usr/local/bin/python

Thanks!