ɡˈɑːdfɹi tʃˈɛʃɚɹ ʌv vɚɹˈaɪəɾi sˈɛd, "θɹˈɪlz hæv sˈɛldəm sˈiːmd æz ɹuːtˈiːn æz ðeɪ dˈuː ɪnðə ɹˈɪtʃ mˈænz wˈaɪf, ɐ lˈeɪdiændðəsˈaɪkoʊ jˈɑːɹn sˌoʊ dʒənˈɛɹɪk ɪt mˌaɪthɐv bˌɪn kənstɹˈʌktᵻd baɪ kəmpjˈuːɾɚ pɹˈɪntaʊt . . .
Godfrey Cheshire of Variety said, "Thrills have seldom seemed as routine as they do in The Rich Man's Wife, a lady-and-the-psycho yarn so generic it might have been constructed by computer printout . . .