The 1933 film "Lucky Devils" is about motion picture industry stunt men who perform the exciting scenes instead of the actors and the dangerous lives that they lead. William Boyd (credited as Bill Boyd) plays a stunt man who saves the life of a young woman and then marries her. After an acccident, he leaves the profession but has a hard time finding a job because of the Depression. A young woman is sitting by the window of the bar where the stunt men meet. She gives a coin to a waiter who reads the date as "1862." She tells him it was a good luck coin. William and another man flip a coin to decide who gets to meet her. William calls the coin as "heads" and the other man examines the coin and finds that it is a two-headed coin.

The director finishes filming a scene from a motion picture about a bank robbery. The stunt men leave for a favorite bar which is a hangout for them.

The "Lucky Devils" is a sort-of fraternal organization for stunt men. Skipper Clark (William Boyd) is the head man of the group and Bob Hughes Slugger Jones, and Frankie are members. The men have girlfriends with them and discuss the belief that marriage is bad for men in the profession. A young woman, Fran Whitley (Dorothy Wilson) is sitting alone by a window.

She is contemplating something while a sign flashes "HOLLYWOOD." The film hints that she is thinking about suicide as there was a failed actress who jumped off of the famous Hollywood sign. She gives a coin to the waiter.

The waiter reads the date "Eighteen sixty two." Fran tells him that her grandmother gave it to her for a lucky piece. The coin looks like a silver dollar or a half dollar.

Fran replies "Oh, it's good, alright. Good for anything...but luck." Bob and Skipper spot Fran sitting alone.

Bob states "Mm, kind of nice. Looks lonesome too." Skipper pulls out a coin, flips it, calls "heads", and leaves for Fran's table. Bob is suspicious.

Bob tells his friend "Heads on both sides. Well, i'll be." and also heads to Fran's table.

Fran leaves the table and climbs up onto a railing. The two men grab her and pull her back.

The men take Fran back to their apartment and give her a meal. She spends the night and they arrange a job at the studio for her. Skipper starts seeing Fran and they get married. Fran visits the studio and watches Skipper perform a stunt. When she sees him on top of a building she gives him a worried look which distracts him.

Skipper's hesitation causes Bob to be slightly injured and Skipper leaves the profession. The economic depression is going on and it is hard to find work.

Skipper had been making $50 a day for stunt work but regular jobs, if he can find any, pay $4 a day. Fran is going to have a baby and Skipper needs money to pay for the medical care. He visits a motion picture filming location and agrees to perform, for $200, a dangerous scene piloting a boat over a waterfall.

Skipper and the boat go over the waterfall and he is pulled out of the water.

Skipper and another man drive to Skipper's house with the money to take Fran to the hospital.

The doctor is there and so is the baby girl.

William Boyd (Bill Boyd) as Skipper Clark
William Gargan as Bob Hughes
William Bakewell as Slugger Jones
Creighton Chaney (Lon Chaney Jr.) as Frankie
Dorothy Wilson as Fran Whitley
Director: Ralph Ince
Writers: Agnes Christine Johnston, Ben Markson, Casey Robinson, Bob Rose