On Such A Night is an “enigmatic film; not a good one certainly, but a fascinating one. It's far too elaborate a film, with too much creative talent behind the cameras, to be just a ‘B,' yet its cast indicates that it could never be intended as an ‘A'.... Frankly it looks as though it had been planned for production much earlier in the '30s, perhaps as a kind of all-star dramatic film in the manner of If I Had A Million. Quite clearly, the Alan Mowbray role was written for W.C. Fields; not only have all the Fieldsian lines been retained, but Mowbray even plays it more in his style, complete to traditional Fields grimaces, than in his own style.... Eduardo Cianelli has some superb lines and plays the slimy villain with great gusto, and the handling of the Negro contingent would give the NAACP convulsions today. Although it must be admitted that it isn't really very helpful or inspiring of them to sing a mournful rendition of ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' to speed the hero on his way while he's out battling an epic flood to save all their lives! The camerawork is stylish, and the special effects handsomely done, and all in all it's a most curious footnote to the history of the film in the mid-'30s.” --William K. Everson