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Director Ida Lupino was a noted actress who began directing when Elmer Clifton got sick and couldn't finish the film he was directing for Filmways, the company started by Lupino and her husband Collier Young to make low-budget issue-oriented movies.

Lupino stepped in to finish the film, and went on to direct her own projects.

The Hitch-Hiker was her first hard-paced fast-moving picture after four " woman's " films about social issues.