If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent ThemDrama10If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them10Dramathumb_upthumb_downIf There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent ThemMarch 3, 1974Directed byBill HaysSet in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be black, and explores the nature of human prejudice.US content warning Last Updated: April 24, 2026 Request Update CastLeonard RossiterThe Blind ManRichard BeckinsaleThe Young ManBob HoskinsThe SextonGeoffrey BayldonKen WynneJohn NightingaleDonald GeeMichael BryantVicki MichelleJames GroutPam ScotcherPat PetersSusan MorallMary HenryJohn Welsh RecommendedSkinAll Day and a NightBabylonThe Young OneKnock on Any DoorFarmingImagineCome SundayNormanA Dry White SeasonIn This WorldThe Truth About EmanuelGod's PocketThe PadreThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds