Tom And Houck Setting

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Tom And Houck

The setting of the movie of Houck and Tom is in a town. Tom and Houck is a movie that happened in past tense, because there are multiple old fashioned ways to solve disputes. Tom is the main character that lives a normal life till he meets Houck and the makes one of the hardest decisions. As the story begins, Tom meets Houck who lives on his own and moves place to place. As they reunite they end up at a graveyard. As they witness 3 guys digging a grave, the men soon reach a treasure. As one man gets greedy and the event escalates. Tom and Houck are soon witnessing Joe murder the leader. Later that night they decided to swear to never tell a soul. Soon the town drunkie is getting convicted as the one who committed

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