No legend of the American West has been told and retold more than the famous twenty-five-second-long gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone Arizona, October 26, 1881. Little is truly known about the actual confrontation. Eye witness accounts, court testimony and journalistic investigation all provide conflicting evidence. But facts and truth have never stopped legends and those who create them. Western pulp fiction writers of the 1880’s gave this legend birth and never looked back. Film makers in this century have reworked the basic legend many times and for the most part, they’ve walked the same path as their “dime novelist” predecessors, pitting darkness against darkness and creating heroes of those left standing. The legend cast is small, it includes good guys, bad guys and a prostitute or two. The legend does not include women of strong character and/or “moral” fiber. The legend does not dare to address the incredibly diverse cultural mixture present in Tombstone in 1881. With absolute political correctness, the legend avoids the social and political issues of the time. The legend, has no heart.