[1] Alec Coppel had worked on the scripts for a number of Hitchcock films including To Catch a Thief and Vertigo.
The adaptation was told over three episodes, the only serialised story in the history of the show.
[3] The Baltimore Sun felt "it fits perfectly into the suspenseful pattern" of the series and that Williams was "excellent".
[4] The Plain Dealer called it "an amusing mystery" with a "very good" cast.
[5] The Des Moines Register felt the last episode was "an amusing, leisurely chapter with top performances and production.