Possible Clues:

• The Taking of ____ 123 is a thriller, first filmed in 1974
• Funny male involved with his pig primarily -- a bit of Wodehouse?
• Commuter town northeast of Manhattan
• "The Taking of __ 1 2 3"
• Bulwer-Lytton book for Keneally's young surgeon
• Quiet part of southeast London time's forgotten
• 'The Taking of -- 123'
• New Haven Line stop