Duel of Champions
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Terence Young
Alan Ladd
Franca Bettoja
Franco Fabrizi
Robert Keith
Luciano Marin
Film Details
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Synopsis
During the period prior to the unification of Alba and Rome, the legendary Roman hero Horatio leads his troops against the forces of Alba in the region of Tullus Hostilius. He is wounded and taken prisoner but escapes and hides in the hills. The king of Rome, believing Horatio to have died a coward's death, announces the engagement of his daughter Marcia to Horatio's brother Marcus, whom he names his heir. Both Alba and Rome are anxious to find a peaceful solution to their quarrels, and after consulting an oracle, the two kings decide that three brothers from each side should compete in a fight to the death, the winning side to dominate in the unification of the two kingdoms. Horatio comes back to Rome, but finding his name dishonored and Marcia married, he returns to the hills. On the day of the contest, however, he comes to fight alongside his two brothers. Both are killed, but Horatio continues the fight alone and kills the three Alban brothers, including Curiazio, who was the lover of Horatio's sister, Horatia. She stabs herself to death, and Horatio, now free to marry Marcia, sadly considers the cost of his victory.
Cast
Alan Ladd
Franca Bettoja
Franco Fabrizi
Robert Keith
Luciano Marin
Jacques Sernas
Andrea Aureli
Mino Doro
Osvaldo Ruggeri
Jacqueline Derval
Piero Palmeri
Umberto Raho
Alfredo Varelli
Alana Ladd
Nando Angelini
Franca Pasut
Crew
Giulio Bongini
Ennio De Concini
Domenico Fazzari
Angelo Ferrara
Amerigo Gengarelli
Mario Giorsi
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Carlo Lizzani
Renzo Lucidi
Giuliano Montaldo
Luciano Vincenzoni
Terence Young
Film Details
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Notes
Rome opening in February 1961 as Orazi e Curiazi; running time: 105 min. The film was based on the Roman legends of the Horatii and the Curiatii.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1961
Totalscope
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1961
