„[…] another shoddy example of hackneyed mystery writing. If the picture appears somewhat above average run of the mill whodunit fare, this is a tribute to the versatile performance of Dan Duryea […] the plot lacks drive and suspense because it is so easy to see through the author's strenuous efforts to conceal the identity of the killer.“ – Rezension in der New York Times vom 26. September 1946, abgerufen am 22. Februar 2013.
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„Not exactly a pristine Cornell Woolrich adaptation, since the brooding subjectivism […] has been partly pruned to leave a moody thriller along the lines of Phantom Lady […] The authentic tang of noir is lent by Duryea, superb in (for once) a sympathetic role […]“ – Rezension in Time Out Film Guide, Seventh Edition 1999. Penguin, London 1998, S. 86, online abgerufen am 22. Februar 2013.
