Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night is a Golden Globe nominated CBS television film starring Susan Dey as an abusive mother.

The film, which aired in October 1977, was written and produced by Joanna Lee and featured a supporting cast including Rhea Perlman, Kevin McCarthy and Natasha Ryan as the title character, Mary Jane Harper.

While examining Mary Jane, Dr. Angela Buccieri notices a couple of healed-over cigarette burns on the girl's buttocks.

Dr. Buccieri takes her concerns to Dr. Orrin Helgerson, the hospital's director of pediatrics and requests a set of full-skeletal x-rays to see if there are any healed-over broken bones.

In court, Judge Carlson is presented with the evidence, but has been informed by Rowena's psychiatrist that her disturbed mental state is only temporary.

Dave Williams and the police arrive at the motel where they find Rowena cradling Mary Jane's body and singing to it.

[3] Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night was nominated at 1978's Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing for a Special.