 | Diana Ross als Dorothy Gale |
 | Michael Jackson als Scarecrow |
 | Nipsey Russell als Tinman |
 | Ted Ross als Lion / Fleetwood Coup de Ville |
 | Theresa Merritt als Aunt Em |
 | Lena Horne als Glinda the Good |
 | Richard Pryor als The Wiz |
 | Mabel King als Evillene |
 | Thelma Carpenter als Miss One |
 | Stanley Greene als Uncle Henry |
 | Quincy Jones als Emerald City Gold Pianist |
 | Iman als Emerald City Citizen |
| Clyde J. Barrett als Subway Peddler |
 | Harry Madsen als Cheetah |
| Mabel Robinson als Munchkin #2 |
| John Jay Moore | Assistant Art Director |
| Burtt Harris | Associate Producer |
| Burtt Harris | First Assistant Director |
| Kenneth Utt | Production Manager |
| Sidney Lumet | Director |
| Joel Schumacher | Screenplay |
| Dede Allen | Editor |
| Anna Hill Johnstone | Costume Coordinator |
| Jack Fitzstephens | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Jack Fitzstephens | Supervising Music Editor |
| L. Frank Baum | Author |
| Oswald Morris | Director of Photography |
| Robert Drumheller | Set Decoration |
| Quincy Jones | Music Supervisor |
| Quincy Jones | Music Arranger |
| Dick Vorisek | Recording Supervision |
| Tony Walton | Production Design |
| Tony Walton | Costume Design |
| James Sabat | Sound Mixer |
| Rob Cohen | Producer |
| Philip Rosenberg | Art Direction |
| Kenneth Harper | Executive Producer |
| Berry Gordy | Executive Producer |
| Edward Stewart | Set Decoration |
| Stan Winston | Makeup Designer |
| Charlie Smalls | Original Music Composer |
| Charlie Smalls | Songs |
| Dona Granata | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Albert Whitlock | Visual Effects |
| Everett Creach | Stunt Coordinator |
| Alan Hopkins | Second Assistant Director |
| Hank Muller | Assistant Camera |
| Louis Johnson | Choreographer |
