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The New York Times called the musical " fast, loud and occasionally funny.

" It noted that " a team of expensive talent has turned out some lively songs, set them in motion in feverishly paced production numbers and has managed to overcome, at least part of the time, the cheapness of a machine-made book.

" It commented that Phil Silvers was cast against type, here playing " the fall guy, the poor sap who ends as the victim .... Betty Comden and Adolph Green have written sprightly lyrics, and Jule Styne has contributed some attractive as well as some ear-shattering tunes.

The loveliest is " Cry Like the Wind " which has the keening quality of a folk song of lamentation.