La sfida ("the challenge") is a 1958 Italian film by Francesco Rosi.

It stars José Suárez as a gang leader who challenges a local Camorra boss for supremacy.

It won the Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.

The film is based on the real-life story of Camorra boss Pasquale Simonetti, known as Pasquale 'e Nola, and his wife and former beauty queen Pupetta Maresca, played by Rosanna Schiaffino.

[1] It was produced by the Italian companies Cinecittà and Vides Cinematografica and the Spanish companies Lux Film and Suevia Films.