"This was one of the most successful of Gaumont's Hollywood-oriented films of the thirties.... Of course its story of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad was largely shot in Canada (the intercutting with obvious studio sets and miniatures back in England is rather jarring at times) and was helped by the use of many familiar American Western faces in bit roles. Geoffrey Barkas, one of Britain's best 2nd unit directors, probably had some unofficial help from American 2nd unit men, as the action sequences have a real Hollywood zip and efficiency to them, especially the excellently staged overland chase after the train. The dialogue is crisp...and the camerawork...is superb.... The real story of the building of the CPR still has to be filmed, but in the meantime this is an enjoyable version mixing German romanticism, Hollywood hoke, and British restraint sorely displayed in one of the most unexciting barroom brawls ever!" William K. Everson