 One day in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, a casting director for this  film approached Jack Peters and his son Jon Peters (I) (qv) to ask  if Jon wanted to appear in the film, as multitudes of people with  dark hair and complexions were needed to cross the Red Sea. Jon was  chosen to ride a donkey and lead a goat by rope. He was so excited  that he refused to wash off his makeup when he went home at night.