„"Cry Danger" doesn't offer the most plausible story, but it is played crisply under the direction of Robert Parrish so that the over-all reaction is very satisfactory—that is, if you are looking for a tough action melodrama with some reasonably good bantering dialogue.“ – Rezension in der New York Times vom 22. Februar 1951, abgerufen am 26. Februar 2013.
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„His major theme is of a man seeking not so much an identity as a place to belong, and here, in his directorial debut, the theme lurks behind a low-budget thriller framework […] With excellent support players like a young, thin (for him) William Conrad and Jay Adler, this is a fast, crisp and laconic delight.“ – Rezension im Time Out Film Guide, Seventh Edition 1999. Penguin, London 1998, S. 190, online abgerufen am 26. Februar 2013.
