Ida Lupino, well known as an actress, established herself as Hollywood's sole female director of the era. In short, low-budget pictures made for the production company she ran with her husband Collier Young, The Filmakers, Lupino explored virtually taboo subjects such as rape in 1950's "Outrage" (released by RKO) and 1953's self-explanatory "The Bigamist" (an entirely independent project). Her most famous directorial effort, "The Hitch-Hiker" (1953), was another RKO release. Often referred to as the only classic film noir directed by a woman, it made a virtue of its small budget with an unusually intense focus on its three lead characters.