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Peter Medak, veteran director of The Krays and The Changeling, dies aged 88

10.28

The film-maker enjoyed a long and varied film and TV career, from horror movies and true-crime thrillers to Cannibal and Breaking Bad Peter Medak, the British-Hungarian director of The Changeling…

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