If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them 50 years old

Set 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.

Credits

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them Cast

Name Character
Bob Hoskins He was 31, 71 years old when he died as The Sexton
Donald Gee He was 83, 75 years old when he died
Richard Beckinsale He was 26, 31 years old when he died as The Young Man
Lewis Fiander He was 36, 78 years old when he died
Geoffrey Bayldon He was 50, 93 years old when he died
Michael Bryant He was 45, 74 years old when he died
John Welsh He was 9, 1 years old when he died
Leonard Rossiter He was 47, 57 years old when he died as The Blind Man
Vicki Michelle She was 23, now 73 years old
James Grout He was 46, 84 years old when he died

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them Crew

Name Department
Johnny Speight as Writer. He was 53 (78) years old when He died Writing
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (50 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, March 03, 1974
  • Runtime: 55 minutes