"The wiz! The stars! The music! Wow!"

1978

2h 14m

6.0(272 votes)

Music

Fantasy

Adventure

Overview

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.

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53 members

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Diana Ross

Dorothy

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Michael Jackson

Scarecrow

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Nipsey Russell

Tinman

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Ted Ross

Lion

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Mabel King

Evillene

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Theresa Merritt

Aunt Em

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Thelma Carpenter

Miss One

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Lena Horne

Glinda the Good

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Richard Pryor

The Wiz

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Stanley Greene

Uncle Henry

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Clyde J. Barrett

Subway Peddler

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Derrick Bell

Crow

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Roderick-Spencer Sibert

Crow

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Costume & Make-Up

Kashka Banjoko

Crow

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Ronald "Smokey" Stevens

Crow

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Toney Brealond

Gold Footman

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Joe Lynn

Gold Footman

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Clinton Jackson

Green Footman

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Charles Rodriguez

Green Footman

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Carlton Johnson

Head Winkie

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Ted Williams

Munchkin #1

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Mabel Robinson

Munchkin #2

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Damon Pearce

Munchkin #3

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Donna Patrice Ingram

Munchkin #4

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Harry Madsen

Cheetah

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Glory Van Scott

Rolls Royce Lady

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Vicki Baltimore

Green Lady

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Carles Cleveland

Aunt Em's Party

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Mariann Aalda

Aunt Em's Party

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Aaron Boddie

Aunt Em's Party

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Gay Faulkner

Aunt Em's Party

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Ted Butler

Aunt Em's Party

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T.B. Skinner

Aunt Em's Party

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Jamie Perry

Aunt Em's Party

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Daphne McWilliams

Aunt Em's Party

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H. Douglas Berring

Aunt Em's Party

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James Shaw

Aunt Em's Party

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Johnny Brown

Aunt Em's Party

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Gyle Waddy

Aunt Em's Party

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Dorothi Fox

Aunt Em's Party

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Frances Salisbury

Aunt Em's Party

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Beatrice Dunmore

Aunt Em's Party

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Traci Core

Aunt Em's Party

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Donald King

Aunt Em's Party

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Claude Brooks

Aunt Em's Party

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Billie Allen

Aunt Em's Party

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Willie C. Carpenter

Aunt Em's Party

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Denice De Jon Nortez

Aunt Em's Party

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Kevin Stockton

Aunt Em's Party

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Alvin Alexis

Aunt Em's Party

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Iman

Emerald City Citizen (uncredited)

Sound

Quincy Jones

Emerald City Gold Pianist (uncredited)

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Duke Thorbs

The Wiz Singers Children's Choir (voice) (uncredited)

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