I watched the 1962 last night and was slightly disappointed, since I had seen this film before and enjoyed it a lot, but now seems a tad dated. Mitchum gives an outstanding performance, but the same can not be said of Peck who, as someone commented, seemed not to be into the story, giving a very bland performance (curious since this was a particularly good period in his career with his Oscar-winning performance in To Kill a Mockingbid, and his role in Guns of Navarone with the same director of this film). I also agree the daughter was miscast. You can't help comparing this film with Scorsese's, which has much more depth in character development, with bravura direction, photography and editing, and overall more accomplished in all production aspects (except music, of course) and De Niro's performance in that film, while it may be considered over-the-top, was to me bone-chilling. Notwithstanding, I prefer the ending in the 1962 version, compared to the ludicrous way Scorsese ended his film.
