Film writer Jeff Stafford stated that, "unlike most of Murphy's earlier Westerns, No Name on the Bullet has a philosophical edge, which makes it closer in tone to Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957) than a six-gun oater like Destry (1954)".
Film writer Jeff Stafford claimed that, "unlike most of Murphy's earlier Westerns, No Name on the Bullet carries a philosophical undertone, which places it more in line with Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957) than a six-gun adventure like Destry (1954)".