Duel of Champions

Duel of Champions (Italian: Orazi e Curiazi) is a 1961 film about the Roman legend of the Horatii, triplet brothers from Rome who fought a duel against the Curiatii, triplet brothers from Alba Longa in order to determine the outcome of a war between their two nations.

The screenplay was written by Ennio De Concini, Carlo Lizzani, Giuliano Montaldo and Luciano Vincenzoni.

Horatio comes back to Rome, but finding his name dishonored and Marcia married, he returns to the hills.

[1] Lux were making a number of movies aimed at the international market around this time, others including The Tartars, The Thief of Bagdad, and The Wonders of Aladdin.

"My advice to any American actor making a film abroad is to develop his own foreign policy beforehand", said Ladd.