The Wiz (1978)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $24,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $21,049,053.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.691 |
Directed By
Sidney Lumet
Crew
Sidney Lumet
Joel Schumacher
Kenneth Harper
Rob Cohen
Berry Gordy
Charlie Smalls
Dede Allen
Anna Hill Johnstone
Oswald Morris
Edward Garzero
Gloria Gresham
Norman Leigh
Robert N. Tucker Jr.
Conrad 'Connie' F. Brink
Carl Fullerton
James A. Contner
Scott Cunningham
Marilyn Putnam
Eugene Powell
Robert Laden
Al Nahmias
Lynne Twentyman
Jack Fitzstephens
Stan Bochner
Kenneth Goss
Ted Long
George Newman
Jack Fitzstephens
Marlayna Franklin
Grace Blake
Jack Priestley
Marc Laub
Ronald Roose
Angelo Corrao
Al Griswold
Michael R. Thomas
Allen Weisinger
William A. Farley
Hal Levinsohn
Charlie Smalls
Alan Hopkins
Burtt Harris
Hank Muller
Quincy Jones
Tony Walton
Louis Johnson
Kenneth Utt
Quincy Jones
John Jay Moore
Robert Drumheller
Albert Whitlock
Stan Winston
Edward Stewart
James Sabat
Dona Granata
Everett Creach
Jack Fitzstephens
Philip Rosenberg
Dick Vorisek
Burtt Harris
Jack Fitzstephens
Tony Walton
L. Frank Baum
Charlie Smalls
William F. Brown
TOP CAST
Diana Ross
Dorothy Gale
Michael Jackson
Scarecrow
Nipsey Russell
Tinman
Ted Ross
Lion / Fleetwood Coup de Ville
Theresa Merritt
Aunt Em
Lena Horne
Glinda the Good
Richard Pryor
The Wiz
Mabel King
Evillene
Thelma Carpenter
Miss One
Stanley Greene
Uncle Henry
Quincy Jones
Emerald City Gold Pianist
Iman
Emerald City Citizen
Clyde J. Barrett
Subway Peddler
Harry Madsen
Cheetah
Mabel Robinson
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