 According to "Kinematograph Weekly" the "biggest winners" at the box office in 1950 Britain were "The Blue Lamp", "The Happiest Days of Your Life", "Annie Get Your Gun", "The Wooden Horse", "Treasure Island" and "Odette", with "runners up" being "Stage Fright", "White Heat", "They Were Not Divided", "Trio", "Morning Departure", "Destination Moon", "Sands of Iwo Jima", "Little Women", "The Forsythe Saga", "Father of the Bride", "Neptune's Daughter", "The Dancing Years", "The Red Light", "Rogues of Sherwood Forest", "Fancy Pants", "Copper Canyon", "State Secret", "The Cure for Love", "My Foolish Heart", "Stromboli", "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Pinky", "Three Came Home", "Broken Arrow" and "The Black Rose".Upon the film's February 1950 release, Bosley Crowther said the film "bids fair to stand as one of the strongest of the year"