In fact, his last words to McClane were that his sole interest wasn""t revenge for his brother""s death - he didn""t even like his brother."A cowtown named Rock Ridge lies directly in the proposed pathway of the railroad track.Corrupt Attorney General Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) - his door is labeled "Assistant to Governor - State Procurer," has hatched a crooked political scheme (a land snatch) and plot to clear the town of people, buy and take over he land (where the lucrative railroad will be built), and resell it to the railroad:Yes, when that railroad goes through Rock Ridge, hat land will be worth millions and I want it.He remarked (in voice-over) as he walked out: "Who am I kidding? I""m not like that.I never was, I never will be.That""s strictly the movies." Lying on his bed under a poster forCasablanca, he was introduced as a self-professed, insecure, depressed "aspirin junkie" and neurotic individual: ("Next thing, I""ll be boiling the cotton at the top of the bottle to get the extra").Sgt.John Taggart (John Ashton) for not revealing himself as a police officer when he was arrested.Foley""s story was not believed and he was called "a foul-mouthed jerk from out of town." Lieut.Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox) told Foley that they "go strictly by the book" - and wondered why he went to Maitland""s office, while he was on vacation, with a concealed weapon.