 "TV Guide" wrote the film "features a good cast, an exciting
speedboat chase, a few chuckles, and every spy cliche in the book"; and "Radio Times" noted "a sometimes clever and witty script by the ace TV team of Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.However, it's rather let down by Clement's uncertain direction.Another problem is that, as a Bucharest waiter who is actually a spy, Kirk Douglas's peculiar intensity isn't best suited to a comedy.