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 (1964 film), a 1964 film, based on the novel, directed by Sidney Lumet Fail Safe (2000 film), a 2000 made-for-television drama, based on the novel, starring George Clooney Fail-Safe Investing, a 1999 finance book by Harry Browne Failsafe (UK band), a Preston-based punk rock band "Failsafe", a song first recorded by The Choir Practice and that appeared on the New Pornographers album Challengers "Fail Safe" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the science fiction television series "Fail-Safe" (Legends of Tomorrow), an episode of Legends of Tomorrow