“What makes this film a big hit, doing big business at the Olympia? without any considerable expense in advertising, is the fine rendering of the Moroccan exotic atmosphere, with plenty of outdoor shots of North Africa treated with expert technique and often accompanied by a very suitable musical score. Film benefits by the craze for travelogs, with the mystery type of story subsidiary.

Direction is Rex lngramish in the outdoors, with an attempt at imitating German technique in some other details, such as a tennis game caught in peculiar angles, including a shot of the ball shown from the time it leaves the racket until it fills the whole screen when it reaches the camera. Closing sequence, instead of showing the usual kiss, is a close-up of the hands of the lovers, with the boy feeling the place where he will place the ring”. (Variety, March 15, 1932)