I enjoyed it; I actually saw that one first, THEN went back and watched the Robert Mitchum version.
What a great actor he was.
One of my favorite movies with him is “Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison”. “Anzio” is also good, and Peter Falk does a great job in that along with Mitchum.
He played a "villain" in ROBIN AND THE SEVEN HOODS, but since it was a comedy, the "villians" weren't really "bad" nor menacing and Falk was superb in that movie, as was the entire cast! :-)
The original CAPE FEAR was REALLY creepy and much more terrifying than the remake! And Mitchum far more menacing and believable than Bobby de Niro who always plays every character the same way.