Character Relationship Map: Lucky Devils

Characters

• Skipper Clark (played by William Boyd) — protagonist

  A Hollywood stuntman who, with his friend Bob Hughes, saves Fran from attempting suicide and helps her get an acting job. He marries Fran on the understanding that he will continue stunt work, but fre...

• Bob Hughes (played by William Gargan) — supporting

  A Hollywood stuntman and friend of Skipper Clark. He joins Skipper in preventing Fran from attempting suicide and helping her find work at the studio. When Skipper freezes during a stunt after Fran si...

• Slugger Jones (played by William Bakewell) — supporting

  A stuntman in the Hollywood group known as the Lucky Devils. His death during his last stunt, shortly after his marriage, illustrates the danger of stunt work and echoes the group's saying that a stun...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Skipper Clark → Slugger Jones (Professional Fellow Stuntman) — They are colleagues within the same stunt team.

  Slugger Jones and Skipper Clark are members of the studio's stuntmen group, whose motto concerns the dangers of stunt work and marriage.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Slugger Jones → Bob Hughes (Alliance Fellow Stuntman) — Their connection is based on shared membership in the stunt crew.

  Slugger Jones and Bob Hughes belong to the same group of Hollywood stuntmen.

• Skipper Clark → Bob Hughes (Alliance Teammate) — They function as cooperating stuntmen and partners in helping others.

  Skipper Clark and Bob Hughes work together as stuntmen at the same Hollywood studio and jointly intervene when a woman attempts suicide.

Story Analysis

A stuntman's marriage, professional failure, and desperate return to danger reveal the conflict between family responsibility and reckless work.

Plot Progression

1. The Lucky Devils — The Hollywood stuntmen introduce their dangerous profession and its cynical marriage motto. Slugger Jones's death immediately demonstrates the cost of combining stunt work with domestic life.
2. A New Chance — Skipper and Bob save a desperate woman and help her find work at the studio. Skipper's assistance develops into romance and marriage.
3. Marriage Against Danger — Skipper continues stunt work despite the danger surrounding his marriage. His wife's alarm causes him to freeze, and Bob is nearly killed as a result.
4. The Waterfall Gamble — After taking labor work, Skipper learns that his pregnant wife needs hospitalization. He accepts a refused stunt involving a thirty-foot waterfall to obtain the necessary money.