Yep. Remember the Woltz character from "The Godfather", the movie actually toned in down, but in the novel he was portrayed as a full-blown pedophile.
Interesting, Harvey crossed the line, the line that no guy ever wants to cross (guys above the age of 18). The line that gets you 20 in the state pen.
I wonder how many under-aged women did Oprah procure for Harvey the perv?
The scene IS shown in a montage of deleted scenes.
SHOULD have been in the final edit.
Also, without actually SEEING on screen at least ONE of the horrific acts Luca Brasi committed in the book, it’s hard to understand the mortal fear of him.
OK I’m done :)