Desc: The Big Break: Directed by Joseph Strick. With James Lipton, Gaby Rodgers, Ellie Pine, Leona Powers. Marty (James Lipton) is a shipping clerk in the garment district and a wise guy trying to cut corners and get by on angles, and not very good at it. He meets Helen (Gaby Rodgers) and decides to change his ways, but lack of patience in slow-progress jobs leads him to become involved with a neighborhood gang.