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1. : incorporating some feature for automatically counteracting the effect of an anticipated possible source of failure. 2. : being or relating to a safeguard that prevents continuing on a bombing mission according to a preconceived plan. 3. : having no chance of failure : infallibly problem-free.
Fail-safe and fail-secure are distinct concepts. Fail-safe means that a device will not endanger lives or property when it fails. Fail-secure, also called fail-closed, means that access or data will not fall into the wrong hands in a security failure.
Fail Safe: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Edward Binns. A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
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- Sidney Lumet
- Approved
- Drama, Thriller
Fail Safe is a 1964 Cold War thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. The film follows a crisis caused by a critical error that sends a group of U.S. bombers to destroy Moscow , and the ensuing attempts to stop the bomber group before it can deploy a nuclear first ...
- $1.8 million (rentals)
- Sidney Lumet, Charles H. Maguire, Max E. Youngstein
- October 7, 1964
fail-safe. adjective. us / ˈfeɪ.l.seɪf / uk / ˈfeɪ.l.seɪf /. Add to word list. Add to word list. very unlikely to fail: a fail-safe plan. If something is fail-safe, it has been designed so that if one part of it does not work, the whole thing does not become dangerous: a fail-safe device.
FAIL-SAFE definition: 1. very unlikely to fail: 2. If something is fail-safe, it has been designed so that if one part…. Learn more.
verb (used with object) , fail-safed, fail-saf·ing. to make fail-safe. fail-safe. adjective. designed to return to a safe condition in the event of a failure or malfunction. (of a nuclear weapon) capable of being deactivated in the event of a failure or accident. unlikely to fail; foolproof. verb.
