Ferzetti continued to appear in crime films, including "...a tutte le auto della polizia" (1975), directed by Mario Caiano, the German detective thriller "Der Richter und sein Henker" (1975), directed by Maximilian Schell, Eriprando Visconti's "La Orca" (1976), and Fernando Di Leo's "Gli amici di Nick Hezard", a film about a Swiss heist. He also appeared in French director Roger Pigaut's picture, "Le guêpier", opposite Claude Brasseur and Marthe Keller, and had a small role in Vincente Minnelli's fantasy, "A Matter of Time" in 1976, which featured a prominent cast, which included Ingrid Bergman and Liza Minnelli. In 1977, he starred in Eriprando Visconti's "Oedipus Orca", and Lucio Fulci's "The Psychic", about a clairvoyant woman (Jennifer O'Neill), who after having a vision, removes a section of the wall in the home of her husband (Ferzetti) and finds a skeleton behind it. In 1978, Ferzetti appeared in French director Claude d'Anna's picture, "CIA contro KGB", alongside Bruno Cremer, Donald Pleasence, , Hélène Lehman, Dennis Hopper, and Joseph Cotten. He also appeared in another French picture, the romantic drama "Mon premier amour", directed by Elie Chouraqui.