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.