Brad Smith's "Rough Justice"

Brad Smith was born and raised in southern Ontario. He has worked as a farmer, signalman, insulator, truck driver, bartender, schoolteacher, maintenance mechanic, roofer, and carpenter. His novels include Shoot the Dog and other Virgil Cain mysteries, All Hat, which was made into a major feature film, and One-Eyed Jacks, which was shortlisted for the Dashiell Hammett Award.

Here Smith tags a few actors he'd like to see in an adaptation of his new novel, Rough Justice:

I am of the opinion that Christopher Walken, Steve Buscemi and Amy Sedaris should be in every movie, so I would cast them first and then just build the rest of the film around them.

If we’re reaching into the past, I would have to include Strother Martin, Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet and W. C. Fields. What the hell—throw in the great Stan Laurel too.

Learn more about the book and author at Brad Smith's website and Facebook page.

The Page 69 Test: Shoot the Dog.

My Book, The Movie: Shoot the Dog.

The Page 69 Test: Rough Justice.

--Marshal Zeringue