The Toll (2021)
Everybody pays the troll toll.
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.
- Date of release
- 2021-08-05
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (52)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Comedy, Thriller, Crime
- Director
- Ryan Andrew Hooper
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
The Toll, released in the US with the title Tollbooth, is a 2021 Welsh black comedy crime film directed by Ryan Andrew Hooper and written by Matt Redd. The film stars Michael Smiley, Annes Elwy, Iwan Rheon and Paul Kaye. It premiered at the Official Selection of the 2021 Glasgow Film Festival.
Production
On 6 December 2016, it was announced that Ffilm Cymru Wales were developing ten feature film projects in partnership with the BFI, including The Toll and projects by Prano Bailey-Bond and Lee Haven-Jones, three of which would then be green lit for production. On 11 June 2017, The Times newspaper reported that Olivier award-winning actor Simon Russell Beale had appeared in a short film after being "charmed" by director Ryan Andrew Hooper.
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