Outside of the fact that this drama gets a little tiring in spots—in its two hours and forty minutes, most of which is spent in court—it is well nigh flawless as a picture of an American court at work, of small-town American characters and of the average sordidness of crime."
Premda se ova drama u jednom trenutku čini zamarajućom - u svom trajanju od dva sata i četrdeset minuta od kojih se većina odvija u samoj sudnici - gotovo je nepogrešiva u prikazu američkog sudstva, malograđanskih američkih likova i odvratnosti kriminala".