Actually thought that there was very little wrong with 'On the Nose', though the conclusion is a little too early to figure out too soon though the twist is cleverly executed. It may not be on the same level of 'Reward to Finder' as far as Neilson's 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' episodes go, but it is certainly and thankfully no 'The Percentage', a lesser effort for the season.

Not one of the best episodes of Season 3 or of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents', but for me it is one of Neilson's better episodes for the series and the much better one of it and 'The Equalizer' that came immediately before it. Gambling was a big thing back then and still is a very relevant issue, that is still addressed in film and television but in my mind not enough if it is still a big problem. The main reasons for seeing 'On the Nose' were that it was an episode of the inconsistent but very fascinating 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents', that it was the penultimate episode of James Neilson (in his second episode in a row after 'The Equalizer', an above average if uneven effort) and above all the subject matter.