so you’re images are already in a custom field?
you could use the Get the Image plugin…. i know it will pull your thumbnail from a custom field and i think it might automatically set it as the featured image, tho it has been a while and i’m not sure of that.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/get-the-image/
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