Stéphane Audran, always a welcome sight, stars with Lilli Palmer in a very low key performance (…). It was well shot and well crafted securing good performances from all. There are several particularly good sequences (…). Involving. — Chris Underwood

The film is marred by an unevenness of tempo and a few unnecessary longueurs but it redeems itself with a tense and bloody denouement. La Peau de Torpedo is by no means a classic, but it is a respectable example of its genre. — James Travers