If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent ThemDramaIf There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent ThemDramathumb_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: June 8, 2024 Request Update CastLeonard RossiterThe Blind ManRichard BeckinsaleThe Young ManBob HoskinsThe SextonGeoffrey BayldonKen WynneJohn NightingaleDonald GeeMichael BryantVicki MichelleJames GroutPam ScotcherPat PetersSusan MorallMary HenryJohn Welsh