The film stars Claire Dodd, Alice White, Osgood Perkins, Jack La Rue, George E. Stone and Clark Williams.

[1][3] Michael R. Pitts in Thrills Untapped described the film as being "nixed" by critics on its release.

of Variety stated the film was "pretty flat" and had a "Thin, creaky plot" and that its "slow movement almost negates the value of some good acting here.

"[4] "McCarthy" in The Motion Picture Herald stated that the film "makes no attempts at pretentiousness" and told readers to "See it for what it is, building a campaign that dares audiences to identify the criminal until the very end and accenting its amusing entertainment.

"[4] From retrospective reviews, In their book Universal Horrors, the authors described the film as a "dime-store whodunnit" and stated it had "little to distinguish it from the dozens of bottom-of-the-bill program mysteries that Hollywood studios cranked out with regularity in the '30s and '40s.