Cutting his losses at home (where ethnic actors like Al Pacino and, interestingly enough, Robert DeNiro were
getting the plum roles), Dullea returned to Canada for a number of interesting but distinctly B - grade films (Welcome to Blood City with a pre-comeback Jack Palance) and the continent for
guest starring roles in poorly - received art house productions (Pope Joan with Liv Ullmann) and the
occasional thriller (as Mia Farrow's disbelieving stuffed shirt of a husband in The Haunting of Julia).