When released, The New York Times film critic, Bosley Crowther, gave the film a mixed review, writing, "And its tale of a conscience-smitten shyster nabbing a contemporary fugitive badman and bringing him in, against grueling opposition, is in the Western vein.

To t11 y.ou the truth I was feeling rather conscience-stricken.

But if children aren't brought to see this film, their parents may wind up feeling conscience-stricken just for leaving them home.

Conscience-stricken, the man paid back the money himself, even though the company didn't hold him to blame.

But then a conscience-stricken 16-year-old boy, who has not been charged in the crime, went to the authorities.

He was giggling like a girl in the background, but a little conscience-stricken, too.

I could see that, had he embarked upon the paper, it would have left me conscience-stricken in my turn.

Or both, because Pasha was one of the good ones, and he already seemed more conscience-stricken than anyone else would be.

The two youngest members of the party slid back from their positions with conscience-stricken looks.

A conscience-stricken Bill decides to keep his promise to the fishermen.

"The judgment of God is on me," answered the conscience-stricken priest.

Maybe he is conscience-stricken at having arranged their deaths.

"I mean, it's terrible but I'm not even a little conscience-stricken.

But the conscience-stricken generals are not critics of war.

A bit conscience-stricken this morning, judging by her silence.

Beyond that, two conscience-stricken youths-brothers-asked leave to marry the girls, if they'd have them.

Knowing how anxious she must be, Ken felt conscience-stricken for his delay, and ran to meet her.

"Since hearing her story, I have been conscience-stricken about wasting bread.

And wherefore is he n7carin such a conscience-stricken air?

The Fed has another reason to be conscience-stricken.

Anne, conscience-stricken, dropped the pointer and told Anthony to go to his seat.

He was still too frightened, too conscience-stricken, to raise even a silent question.

I felt, as it were, conscience-stricken in his presence, and did not dare look him in the face.

Now conscience-stricken white executives have joined his cause.

Why aren't our conscience-stricken residents and religious leaders attempting to ameliorate this injustice?

I will say for Elsie Holland that she looked conscience-stricken.