Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This kind of well-mannered, guessing game detective thriller seems rather old-fashioned. The acting, in the English drawing-room style, with its adjunct, the well-modulated speaking voice, is conscientious but unimpressive, and Claude Dampier imitates the kind of countryman especially reserved for this type of picture. A dull crime story." [3]
Kine Weekly wrote: "Artless, yet occasionally beguiling and exciting, it should intrigue the not too sophisticated. Its length is definitely in its favour. ... The picture cannot boast of flawless team work, but the strained relationship of Louie and Colin, shrewdly plugged, contains human interest and helps to balance the conventional rough stuff. Sarah Lawson, Richard Gale and Duncan Lamont, cast as Louie, Colin and a police superintendent respectively, are the best of the players, and to them goes the credit of putting some seasoning into the ham. Staging adequate rather than outstanding." [4]
The Daily Film Renter wrote: "This would be just another well-handled whodunit but for a most slick and amusing performance by John Blythe as a theatrical agent's stooge. ... The action moves along crisply and the dialogue is better than the usual." [5]
Chibnall & McFarlane called the film "an incoherent murder mystery". [1]
TV Guide wrote: "Not very interesting." [6]
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