Charles Marlow travels from England to Africa to reunite with Mr. Kurtz, the man who raised him.

[1] In The New York Times, John P. Shanley wrote that called it "among the more pretentious mistakes of the season."

He added the actors "were involved in a numbing exercise in dramatic mumbo-jumbo that was without merit or reason.

As for the acting, he wrote that McDowall's performance "packed fits and starts of excellence" while Kitt was, "to put it kindly, inadequate", and Karloff was just "there.

"[4] In the Oakland Tribune, Bill Fiset wrote that the teleplay "led viewers a little too far off into fantasyland.