By the end of the 1960s, Adderley's playing began to reflect the influence of electric jazz. In this period, he released albums such as "Accent on Africa" (1968) and "The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free" (1970). In that same year, his quintet appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival in California, and a brief scene of that performance was featured in the 1971 psychological thriller "Play Misty for Me", starring Clint Eastwood. In 1975 he also appeared in an acting role alongside José Feliciano and David Carradine in the episode "Battle Hymn" in the third season of the TV series "Kung Fu".