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REVISED l|/lO/58 CAST GENUINE CUSTER. ABBY CUSTER . . . . . . . . JOHNNIE CUSTER......... TERRY DONAN . ... . . . . JOEY DONAN. . . . . . MOSES CALLAHAN. . v ... . JACK ENTRATTER... . . . . . . .a hard-bitten, crusty old con artist of seventy, ex-prospector,, conscienceless liar, runs souvenir stand in Las Vegas, peddling outrageously phony "Gen-u-wine?╟Ñ relics; operates "Only Gen-U-?╤ine Motel?╟Ñ in Las Vegas - two beat-up shacks - a heart of gold pumping vinegar through 150 pounds of concentrated larceny. Ain?╟╓t takin* anything from - or foolin?╟╓ anybody. Never gives an inch - or thirtyfeet. . .His widowed daughter-in-lawo Well-padded, rustic, fifty, feet solidly on ground but head in clouds of Zodiac, Ouija boards, fortune-tellers - wouldn?╟╓t get out of bed if horoscope didn't okay it . but wherever else the head, it?╟╓s solidly on her shoulders. . .Abby *s son, Genuine?╟╓s grandson; in his late twenties. He?╟╓s a deputy sheriff - the kind they wish they had. In many ways, Abby and Genuine are Johnnie?╟╓s children --and often his cross. . .is pretty, a couple of years younger than Johnnie - a sweet, busted, unemployed product of show-business, who can and will belt out a song or go into her time-step when given the opportunity. . .is Terry?╟╓s five-year-old brother -- good foil for Genuine 0 . .Attorney-at-law, crony of Genuine's, same age and, like Genuine, an ex-desert-rat?╟? . .himself Sands' Bus Driver; Sands?╟╓ Uniformed Guard; Ladies, Waitress-; Girls by Pool; Truck Driver and Crew; Lawyer, Etc.