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The Big Break

8.019531h 15mMovieCrimeDrama

Marty 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 and decides to change his ways, but lack of patience in slow-progress jobs leads him to become involved with a neighborhood gang.

DirectorJoseph Strick
WriterArnold Manoff
ProducerJoseph Strick

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Cast · Directed by Joseph Strick

JLJames Lipton
James Lipton
Marty
GR
Gaby Rodgers
Helen
EP
Ellie Pine
Francie
LP
Leona Powers
Mrs. Ross
DT
David Thomas
Mr. Ross
DT
Doug Taylor
Georgie
AA
Art Anderson
Sleepy
JA
Jerry Ansbacher
Bosco
HBHeywood Hale Broun
Heywood Hale Broun
Hospital Clerk
PB
Perry Bruskin
Freyer
CL
Charles Lewis
Benny
LGLou Gilbert
Lou Gilbert
Charlie

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The Big Break hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around April 29, 1953. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.