The Toll
Everybody pays the troll toll.
2021 | 83m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Ryan Andrew Hooper |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Matt Redd |
| Staring: |
| Brendan works solo shifts in the quietest toll booth in Wales, hiding from a criminal past where nobody would ever look. When he finally gets rumbled, word of his whereabouts gets out and his enemies head west for revenge. Meanwhile, local traffic cop Catrin’s investigation into a simple robbery finds her heading for the booth at exactly the wrong time. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 05, 2021 |
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| Director: | Ryan Andrew Hooper |
| Writer: | Matt Redd |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | wales, ambulance, murder, police officer, tollbooth guard, criminal gang, toll booth, hidden identity |
| Production Companies | BFI, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Ffilm Cymru Wales, Great Point Media, Fields Park |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 14, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Michael Smiley | Toll Booth |
| Annes Elwy | Catrin |
| Gary Beadle | Elton |
| Iwan Rheon | Dom |
| Steve Oram | Mr Henry |
| Evelyn Mok | Dixie |
| Paul Kaye | Cliff |
| Julian Glover | Magnus |
| Darren Evans | Tab |
| Gwyneth Keyworth | The Triplets |
| Dewi Morris | Pops |
| Sarah Breese | Frankie |
| Ioan Hefin | Morgan Farm |
| Hefin Rees | Gwyn |
| Martyn Stallard | Daffodil |
| Dean Rehman | Victor |
| Dan Renton Skinner | Sergeant Simon |
| Carys Eleri | Betty |
| Meghan Tyler | Rose |
| Tom Anderson | Surfing Cop |
| Alan Collis | Man on Bike |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jo Scholar | Set Dresser |
| Henry Simmons | Standby Art Director |
| Matt Farrant | First Assistant Camera |
| Matthew French | Second Assistant Camera |
| Gwilym Jenner | Camera Trainee |
| Michael McDuffie-Finlay | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Liam Hartney | Key Grip |
| John Malaney | Gaffer |
| Jamie Hitchens | Best Boy Electric |
| Claire Polydorou | Costume Supervisor |
| Sophie Wyn Richards | Costumer |
| Robyn MacDonald | Makeup Artist |
| Amy Lonsdale | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Anna Dawson | Casting Associate |
| Callum Abraham | Assistant Editor |
| Richard Brooks | Sound Mixer |
| Paul J. Wright | Colorist |
| Nick Davies | Sound Mixer, Production Sound Mixer, Sound Designer |
| Owen Peterson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Matt Redd | Writer |
| Ryan Andrew Hooper | Director |
| Rael Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Adrian Peckitt | Director of Photography |
| John Richards | Editor |
| Hannah Purdy Foggin | Production Design |
| Ben Unwin | Editor |
| Jack Knott | Line Producer |
| Dawn Thomas-Mondo | Costume Designer |
| Bethan Kate Harris | Makeup Designer, Hair Designer |
| Dom Corbisiero | Production Sound Mixer |
| Baljinder Singh Sidhu | Location Manager |
| Jeanne Baker | Production Accountant |
| Eszter Telegdy | Production Coordinator |
| Aisling Hughes | Script Supervisor |
| Aaron Roberts | Unit Manager |
| Simon Hawland | First Assistant Director |
| Teresa Orlando | Second Assistant Director |
| Rhiannon Tate | Third Assistant Director |
| Zoe Payne | Set Decoration, Art Direction |
| Lottie McDowell | Standby Art Director |
| Simone Pereira Hind | Casting Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert Halmi Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Mark Hopkins | Producer |
| Vaughan Sivell | Producer |
| Adam Partridge | Executive Producer |
| Mary Burke | Executive Producer |
| Paul Higgins | Executive Producer |
| Matt Redd | Associate Producer |
| John Richards | Associate Producer |
| Jim Reeve | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
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Now I'm usually a fan of Welsh movies. They usually excel at making me laugh, and at not taking themselves at all seriously. Well this one - not so much! Michael Smiley ("Brendan") mans a remote toll port-a-cabin in west Wales where he is lucky to see three or four cars per day. Why would anyone wan ... t such a dull job? Well local police officer "Catrin" (Annes Elwy) arrives at his booth one night and he proceeds to explain all about his somewhat dodgy criminal past, and soon we are immersed in a retrospective style feature involving kidnapping, murder and the theft of some iDrops! The comedic elements, and there are some, raise a smile for a few minutes but that doesn't sustain 80 minutes as the film quite quickly runs out of steam. Iwan Rheon is underused, and the soundtrack offers us hope of an ending that simply doesn't deliver. The dialogue is unnecessarily ripe at times, there's little shock or entertainment value in that anymore - we are all just to anaethetised to it now. Clearly a labour of love for Matt Redd and Ryan Hooper, and I suppose that this is the kind of low budget film that the BFI ought to be funding; but just wait til it gets onto the small screen. No need at all to see this at a cinema.