] The power to the house was cut off (by Watkins in the basement), and Ryan realized that they were once again personally threatened.Dobbs "Dobbsie" (Humphrey Bogart)] who is betting on a fortune, tears his losing ticket o pieces and throws it away in anger and disgust.He hits the agitated bartender Loupgerou (Billy Gilbert) on the back of the head with a half-eaten apple, signaling him to notify his star attraction to join him upstairs.Set in the 1930s during the Great Depression era, the film""s main concerns (and those of the oppressed Tramp) echo those of millions of people at the time - unemployment, poverty, and hunger.