After first refusing to go along with her plan to call it an accident, Mark agrees when Carol tells him that they will meet up again later and live off her dead husband's money.

[5][6] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Yet another vehicle for American stars, with British players in support.

Alex Nicol plays adequately as Kendrick, Alan Wheatley gives a neat, incisive performance as the inspector, and the film is well constructed and photographed.

"[5] Picturegoer wrote: "Maybe night life in the Lake District was never like this, but this Americanized version of a luxury-level killing makes elegant entertainment.

"[8] Filmink said "It’s quite a fun movie, reminiscent of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946); one is inclined to wonder if Nicol’s character, a writer under the pump and distracted by lust, was a Hughes self-portrait.