The staff at "Variety" magazine gave the film a positive review, and wrote, "most striking feature of this production is its extraordinary background of war-ravaged Germany. With a documentary eye, this film etches a powerfully grim picture of life amidst the shambles. It makes awesome and exciting cinema...Ryan establishes himself as a first-rate actor in this film, demonstrating conclusively that his brilliant performance in "Crossfire" was no one-shot affair." "Variety", however, did criticize the screenplay for "its failure to break away from the formula of anti-Nazi films."