"variety" commented, "it proves [crawford] should leave saddles and levis to someone else and stick to city lights for a background. [the film] is only a fair piece of entertainment. [the scriptwriter] becomes so involved with character nuances and neuroses, all wrapped up in dialogue, that [the picture] never has a chance to rear up in the saddle... the people in the story never achieve much depth, this character shallowness being at odds with the pretentious attempt at analysis to which the script and direction devotes so much time."