While compared unfavorably to White Heat by critics, it was fairly successful at the box office, with $500,000 going straight to Cagney Productions' bankers to pay off their losses.
Iako su ga kritičari nepovoljno uspoređivali s Usijanjem, postigao je pristojan uspjeh na box officeu, od čega je 500 tisuća dolara otišlo bankarima Cagney Productionsa kojima su otplaćeni dugovi kompanije.