The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Inexpert comedy thriller, with an inane story, cramped settings and tepid acting. Guy Middleton wanders amiably through the leading role."
Kine Weekly wrote: "The principal players work hard, but fail to achieve the impossible and extract either laughs or thrills from its wildly incredible tale. Its staging's cheap, too. Tinpot quota. The picture attempts to get out of the rut, but stretches credulity too far. Guy Middleton makes the best of a bad job as the bewildered George, and Patricia Owens pleases as Sally, but the rest fight a losing battle with a sketchy script. Incidentally, it was produced a few years back, but nobody has taken the trouble to remove blatant evidence."
Picturegoer wrote: "Just how slapdash can British films be? Take this comedy-melodrama. It not only tells an absurdly far-fetched story about a hard-up English fancy-pants who wins an American bride while mistaken for a prince in London, but neglects to remove evidence that it's been on the shelf for at least three years." In
British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Comedy lacks the style to smooth over its foolishness. Not released until 1957." Chibnall and McFarlane in ''The British 'B' Film'' called it a "contrived little 'B' thriller". == References ==