Fail-safe (disambiguation)

Fail-safe (disambiguation)

A fail-safe describes a device which, if or when it fails, will cause a minimum of harm.

Fail-safe may also refer to:

*"Fail-Safe" (novel), a 1962 novel about an accidental sortie of American nuclear bombers against the USSR
**"Fail-Safe" (film), a 1964 film, based on the novel, directed by Sidney Lumet
**"Fail Safe" (television), a 2000 made-for-television drama, based on the novel, starring George Clooney
* "Fail Safe" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the science fiction television series
* Failsafe (UK band), a Preston-based punk rock band
* FailSafe, a software development company in South Africa
* "Fail-Safe", an Interactive Fiction Game by Jon Ingold.


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