Song of the Thin Man confesses to both killings and pulls out a gun. An enraged Phyllis shoots him first, but her husband is only wounded. Then, despite Nick's pleas, she fires again and again, finishing the job. This "Thin Man" movie differs in several respects from the others in the series, and was one of two films in the series not directed by W. S. Van Dyke, who died in 1943. The script was one of three not written by the husband and wife team of Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, who had worked with Dashiell Hammett to develop the Nick and Nora characters
The Man Who Never Lied a pop sharpie." Suzanne Byrne of RTÉ.ie concluded that "Lucky Strike" alongside "Daylight", "The Man Who Never Lied" and "Love Somebody" are potential single releases. Jeremy Thomas of 411 Mania labeled the song together with "Payphone" and "One More Night" as "enjoyable numbers" that have potential for a "decent amount" of airplay. Bruce Dennill of "The Citizen" wrote that "The Man Who Never Lied" together with "One More Night" are evidence "that Maroon 5 have come up with something (for now) that they’ve embraced and are willing to run with." In a review of "Overexposed" Fraser McAlpine of BBC Music